PS Zealous
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PS Zealous was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1864.{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=English |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}
History
The ship was built by the J & W Dudgeon of Cubitt Town, London for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 23 April 1864.{{cite news |author= |title=Great Eastern Railway |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18640427/015/0006 |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=27 April 1864 |access-date=29 October 2015|via =British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} She was launched by Miss Alice Goodson, eldest daughter of the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company. Zealous was the first of a trio of new vessels, and inaugurated the GER's passenger services from Harwich to both Rotterdam and Antwerp in 1865, later joined by {{PS|Avalon|1864|2}} and {{PS|Ravensbury|1864|2}}.{{cite book |last1=Haws |first1=Duncan |title=Britain's Railway Steamers: Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena |date=1993 |publisher=TCL Publications |location=Hereford |isbn=0-946378-22-3 |pages=38-39}}
Zealous was altered in 1866 to carry cargo as well as passengers, and she was re-boilered in 1873. On 8 August 1875, she ran aground at Harwich, then refloated.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily News |location=Birmingham |date=9 August 1875 |issue=5327 }} She was withdrawn from service in 1887 and broken up.
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