Leviathan (ship, 1849)

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Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Ship type Railway ferry
home port Leith
Owner Edinburgh & Northern Railway Co
Shipyard Old Yard by Robert Napier & Sons , Govan
Build number 28
Launch 1849
Commissioning February 1850
Decommissioning Launched and sold in 1890
Whereabouts Wrecked in 1892
Ship dimensions and crew
length
48.04 m
after 1877: 50.90 m ( Lüa )
width 10.03 m / over the side wheel housings 16.5 m
Draft Max. 2.56 m
measurement 399 GRT
after 1877 251 NRT
Machine system
machine One cylinder twin steam engine
Machine
performance 		210 hp (154 kW)
Top
speed 		5 kn (9 km / h)
Transport capacities
running track meters about 20 freight wagons on 2 tracks with about 50 m each

The Leviathan steamer was built in Govan in 1849 , was the world's first rail ferry and crossed the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

Railway ferry connection Granton - Burntisland

The Leviathan was developed by Robert Napier & Sons designed in Govan and for the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Co built. The Leviathan was a double-ended ferry with two oars.

Traffic began in February 1850, the Granton - Burntisland stretch was 4.5 nautical miles and a crossing took about an hour. Four to five tours were carried out per day, loading and unloading took 15 to 18 minutes.

literature

  • Arnulf Hader: Railway ferries in the world . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1986, ISBN 3-7822-0393-3 .

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