PS Tattershall Castle

Coordinates: 51°30′20″N 0°07′20″W / 51.5056°N 0.1222°W / 51.5056; -0.1222
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Tattershall Castle
Tattershall Castle

The PS Tattershall Castle is now moored on the River Thames at the Embankment, and is used as a floating pub and restaurant.

The steamer was built in 1934 as a passenger ferry on the River Humber between Kingston-upon-Hull and New Holland. It found service as a tether for barrage balloons during the Second World War. In 1981 , after long service as a passenger and goods ferry, the ship was towed to London. The opening of the Humber Bridge made the ferry service, known to have existed since at least Roman times [citation needed], redundant.

A sister ship also launched in 1934, the PS Wingfield Castle, is preserved at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience.

A third similar vessel, the PS Lincoln Castle, is moored in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, where it also serves as a floating pub and restaurant.

51°30′20″N 0°07′20″W / 51.5056°N 0.1222°W / 51.5056; -0.1222