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 River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Trent, Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms ...

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, now preserved as a

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Hartlepool Hartlepool ( ) is a seaside resort, seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough Borough of Hartlepool, named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area with an estimat ...

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

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

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''Wingfield Castle'' website''National Historic Ships''
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