Saturday, 25 August 2012

GWR Antelope

The Antelope was built by "Laird Bros of Birkenhead" for the Great Western Railway Company in 1889. She was one of three sister ships, the other two being Lynx and Gazelle.
Like her sister ships she sailed on the Weymouth-Channel Island service.
They cost £35,000 to build and were the first twin screw steamers with triple expansion engines to operate on the channel island route.
  • Official No: 93435
  • Year Built: 1889
  • Length: 235.5 ft
  • Beam: 27.6 ft
  • Draft: 13.1 ft
  • Displacement: 596 tons
  • Engine: Steam triple expansion
  • NHP: 168 nhp
  • No of propellers: 2
  • Speed: 16.5 knots
  • Year Sold: 1913
  • Year Scrapped: 1933