The PS ''Wingfield Castle'' is a former

Humber Estuary The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the ...

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, now preserved as a

museum ship A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small numb ...

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County D ...

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. The ''Wingfield Castle'' was built by

William Gray & Company William Gray & Company Ltd. was a British shipbuilding company located in West Hartlepool, County Durham, in North East England. Founded in 1863 by John Denton and William Gray as a partnership, it became a private and then a public limited compa ...

at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the '' Tattershall Castle''. A third similar vessel, the ''

Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is one of only ...

'' built in

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, was launched in 1940. She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in

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in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates. She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the

Hartlepool's Maritime Experience The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is a maritime exposition and visitor attraction in Hartlepool, County Durham, Northern England. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of L ...

visitor attraction, which also includes HMS ''Trincomalee''.

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Image:Wingfield Castle 09-1973a2.JPG , The ''Wingfield Castle'' in September 1973 on River Humber Image:Wingfield Castle 09-1973d.JPG , The ''Wingfield Castle'' funnel in September 1973

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''Wingfield Castle'' website''National Historic Ships''
Ships built on the River Tees 1934 ships Museums in County Durham Ferries of England Museum ships in the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Humber Ships of British Rail Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet {{ferry-stub

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