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PS Castalia
''Castalia'' was a twin-hulled paddle steamer that was built in 1874 by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London for the English Channel Steamship Company. She was acquired by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in 1878 but had already been laid up by then and was not operated by the LCDR. In 1883, she was sold to the Metropolitan Asylums Board and converted to a hospital ship. She served until 1904 and was scrapped in 1905. ==Description== ''Castalia'' was a twin-hulled paddle steamer, comprising two half-hulls with a length of and a beam of . The two half-hulls were apart internally.〔 Her draught was .〔 The ship was designed with bows forward and astern in order to avoid the need to turn round at Calais, France.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Castalia )〕 She was propelled by two diagonal compound steam engines,〔 of each. driving a single paddle wheel.〔 The engines were built by J & A Blyth, London. The two paddle wheels were placed side-by-side between the twin hulls. These could propel her at .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PS Castalia )〕 Following improvements in 1875, the boilers and paddle wheels were by Maudslay, Sons, & Field, Lambeth, Surrey. She had capacity to carry 700 passengers.
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