PS Jeanie Deans was a Clyde paddle steamer, built in 1931 for the London and North Eastern Railway.[5] She was a popular boat, providing summer cruises from Craigendoran until 1964.
History
PS Jeanie Deans was built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1931 to compete with the CSP turbine steamer, TS Duchess of Montrose. She was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, as a paddler, rather than the more popular turbine steamer, allowing her a shallow draught to visit Craigendoran and Helensburgh. She took the name of an earlier fleet member, continuing the tradition of the North British Railway naming their vessels after characters from Sir Walter Scott's novels; Jeanie Deans being a character in Scott's The Heart of Midlothian.[6]