PS Maid of the Loch
56°00′31″N 4°35′31″W / 56.008663°N 4.591872°W
PS Maid of the Loch at the pier at Balloch, Loch Lomond where she is undergoing restoration. | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Maid of the Loch |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Caledonian Steam Packet Company |
| Route | Loch Lomond |
| Builder | A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 1474P |
| Launched | 5 March 1953 |
| In service | 25 May 1953 |
| Out of service | 31 August 1981 |
| Homeport | Balloch |
| Identification | IMO number: 5217567 |
| Status |
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| Notes | Last paddle steamer built in a Clyde shipyard |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger paddle steamer |
| Tonnage | 555 GRT |
| Length | 208 feet (63 m) |
| Beam | 51 feet (16 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Installed power | 900 ihp (670 kW) |
| Propulsion | Steam, compound diagonal engines by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock |
| Speed | 13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph) |
| Capacity | Passengers: 1,000 |
PS Maid of the Loch is the last paddle steamer built in the United Kingdom. She operated on Loch Lomond for 29 years. As of 2022, she was being restored near Balloch pier.
She is presently on the slipway near Balloch Pier undergoing extensive repairs to her hull, complete paddle restoration and will be coated in her original livery of white, green waterline and buff coloured funnel before being launched again into Loch Lomond. While under restoration, the Maid of the Loch has been open to the public every Saturday and Sunday Easter to October, and closed throughout the winter.