PS Vulture

History
NamePS Vulture
Operator
  • 1865: Samuel Otis Johnson, Nassau
  • 1868: Thomas Brown
  • 1870–1873: Ford and Jackson
  • 1873–1886: Great Western Railway
Port of registry
BuilderAitken and Mansel Whiteinch
Yard number6
Launched18 August 1864
Out of service1905
FateScrapped 1886
General characteristics
Tonnage800 gross register tons (GRT)
Length242 feet (74 m)
Beam25.7 feet (7.8 m)
Draught10.6 feet (3.2 m)
Installed power200 hp

PS Vulture was a passenger vessel built in 1864. She served briefly as a blockade runner during the American Civil War. She then traded in British coastal waters until she was broken up in 1886.