Maritime museums · South East England
PS Medway Queen
In or near Hoo St Werburgh.
PS Medway Queen in England South East, United Kingdom.
Paul Gillett — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Fort Apache · 0.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the PS Medway Queen, the nearest railway station is Fort Apache, located 0.6 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is ME7 1TZ. Entry has limited wheelchair accessibility.
About
PS Medway Queen is a preserved museum ship in England South East, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
Photo gallery
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
- Ramsar wetland: Medway Estuary & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom. She was one of the "little Ships of Dunkirk", making a record seven trips and rescuing 7,000 men in the evacuation of Dunkirk. She was the subject of a £1.8 million National Lottery Heritage Memorial Fund grant to restore her hull. By 2014, her hull had been reconstructed and she is berthed at Gillingham Pier on the River Medway as of 2022. In 2024, she celebrated her centenary.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
PS Medway Queen was built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company at Troon, Scotland, in 1924 for service on the River Medway and in the Thames Estuary. Trialled on the River Clyde, she was delivered to be part of the "Queen Line" fleet of the New Medway Steam Packet Company based at Rochester, Kent. She steamed on routes from Strood and Chatham, to Sheerness, Herne Bay and Margate in Kent, and to Clacton and Southend in Essex. The novelist William Matthew Scott was one of the earliest passengers on the Herne Bay–Southend route. On 3 August 1929, Medway Queen collided with Southend Pier, Essex, and suffered extensive damage to her bows. After attending the Coronation Fleet Review for King George…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4000, 0.5667
- District
- Medway
- Parish
- Medway, unparished area
- Postcode
- ME7 1TZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Nearest railway station
- Fort Apache — 0.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7120866 (CC0)
- wikipedia: PS Medway Queen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is PS Medway Queen?
- PS Medway Queen is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode ME7 1TZ), in the parish of Medway, unparished area.
- What is PS Medway Queen?
- PS Medway Queen in England South East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to PS Medway Queen?
- The nearest railway station is Fort Apache, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode ME7 1TZ.
- Who owns PS Medway Queen?
- PS Medway Queen is owned by |route =.
- Is PS Medway Queen a protected site?
- Yes — PS Medway Queen is part of the Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to PS Medway Queen?
- The nearest railway station is Fort Apache, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode ME7 1TZ.