History
United Kingdom
Name	PS Magna Charta
Namesake	Magna Carta, the famous charter signed in 1215
Owner	1873-1910: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway[1] 1910-1920: Great Central Railway[1] 1920-1924: LNER[2]
Route	Humber ferry crossing[3]
Ordered	1873[1]
Builder	Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby[2]
Yard number	75372[1]
Homeport	Hull, England[1]
Fate	Broken up in 1924[2]
General characteristics
Type	Paddlesteamer
Displacement	62 tons[1]
Length	98 ft (30 m)[1]
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m)[1]
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)[1]
Installed power	40 hp (30 kW)[2]
Propulsion	1-lever steam engine Paddle wheel[2]

The PS Magna Charta is a former paddlesteamer ferry built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1873.^[1] The Magna Charta was used as a ferry crossing across the Humber estuary^[3] from New Holland to Hull^[2] and was built by Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby.^[2] During the ship's later days, it was used as a relief ferry and a tug boat until it was broken up in 1924.^[2]

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