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| Ship country = [[Australia]]
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| Ship name = ''Pevensey''
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| Ship builder = Permewan Wright & Co. Ltd.
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| Ship laid down = 1911
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| Ship route = [[River Murray]], Australia
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| Ship registry = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. Pevensey in Morgan area |url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1258/1/2979 |website=State Library of South Australia |accessdate=14 June 2021 |language=en |date=10 May 2001}}</ref>
| Ship identification = 120770
| Ship homeport = Echuca, Victoria
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| Ship class = Paddle steamer
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| Ship tonnage = 130 [[Gross register tonnage|grt]]
| Ship length = {{cvt|111.6|ft|0}}
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| Ship depth = {{cvt|6.9|ft|0}}
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| Ship notes = Registered Heritage Vessel<ref name="EHS">{{cite web |title=PS Pevensey |url=https://echucahistoricalsociety.org.au/p-s-pevensey/ |website=Echuca Historical Society |accessdate=14 June 2021}}</ref>
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'''PS ''Pevensey''''' is a historic [[paddle steamer]], with its original steam engine, in the fleet of steamers at [[Echuca]] Wharf, [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia. Built in 1911, it traded on the [[Murray River]] until about 1958. In 1973 it was brought by Echuca for restoration and now operates as a tourist boat.

==Particulars==
''Pevensey'' was of [[Composite ship|composite]] construction, with timber on iron frames, built at the [[Moama]] slipway in 1911 by Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd. The hull is {{cvt|111.6|ft|0}} in length, with a {{convert|23.0|ft|0|adj=on}} beam and {{cvt|6.9|ft|0}} in depth, was measured at 130 [[Gross register tonnage|grt]].<ref name="Parsons">{{cite book |last=Parsons |first=Ronald |title=Ships of the Inland Rivers |date=1996 |publisher=Gould Books |location=[[Gumeracha, South Australia]] |isbn=0-947284-34-6 |page=116 |edition=3rd revised}}</ref> It still has its original steam engine and boiler, built by [[Marshall, Sons & Co.]] of [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], England. It is a 20 [[Horsepower#nhp|nhp]] [[steam engine#High-pressure engines|high-pressure]], two-cylinder engine, No 55721, which gives ''Pevensey'' a speed of {{convert|8|kn|mph kph}}.<ref name="Parsons"/><ref name=Echuca_PS>{{cite web |url=https://www.echucapaddlesteamers.net.au/about-us/ps-pevensey/ |title=P.S. Pevensey |publisher=Echuca Paddlesteamers |accessdate=22 May 2012 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022204754/https://www.echucapaddlesteamers.net.au/about-us/ps-pevensey/ |archivedate=22 October 2020 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:P.S. Pevensey in Morgan area PRG 1258-1-2979.png|thumb|left|The PS ''Pevensey'' with covered load of timber ({{c.}} 1939)]]
[[File:Ada Barge (2022).png|thumb|left|''Ada'' barge (Moama Slipway – 2022)]]
''Pevensey'' began life in 1910 as a barge named ''Mascotte'', but was rebuilt as a paddle steamer within twelve months.<ref name="ANNM">{{cite web |title=PS Pevensey |url=http://arhv.anmm.gov.au/objects/167809 |access-date=14 June 2021 |website=[[Australian National Maritime Museum]]}}</ref> The completed steamer was named after a sheep property on the [[Murrumbidgee River]] called Pevensey Station.<ref name="Echuca_PS"/> It was first operated by its builder and collected bales of wool from [[sheep station]]s and brought them to the [[Echuca]] wharf. From the wharf, it was loaded onto trains and taken to [[Melbourne]] for export overseas. ''Pevensey'', with a cargo capacity of 120 tons, could carry 815 bales of wool and a total of 2,000 bales when barges were towed along behind.<ref name="Echuca_PS"/> ''Pevensey''{{'}}s barge, also composite built, was called ''Ada'', and is also preserved at Echuca.<ref>{{cite web |title=A black and white photograph, Approx.1980s |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/59c3091b21ea780eccbd5352 |website=Victorian Collections |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923231450/https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/59c3091b21ea780eccbd5352 |archive-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>

''Pevensey'' was sold to Murray Shipping Ltd in July 1919. In October 1932 it suffered a major fire at [[Koraleigh|Koraleigh Landing]], near [[Swan Hill]], but returned to service in 1935 after rebuild at [[Morgan, South Australia]], running between there and [[Mildura]]. After the river trade ended around 1958, ''Pevensey'' was tied up at Mildura where it was sunk by vandals in 1967, though later raised. In 1968, ''Pevensey'' was purchased by the Collins brothers (of Mildura) with intention of use as a tourist attractions. The vessel was refloated and moored at [[Gol Gol, New South Wales|Gol Gol]]; however, the intentions were never carried out. The Collins brothers later sold the paddle steamer to the Mildura City Council, with no further restoration being completed.<ref name="Plowman">{{cite book |last=Plowman |first=Peter |title=Murray Darling Paddleboats |publisher=Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd |location=Dural Delivery Centre |isbn=1877058378 |page=61}}</ref> In 1973 the steamer was purchased by [[City of Echuca|Echuca City Council]] for $20,000 and towed there for restoration (leaving Mildura on 22 July 1973), with assistance of the [[Victorian Government]].<ref name="Parsons"/><ref name="Plowman"/> PS ''Pevensey'' arrived in Echuca on 5 August 1973, and was slipped in December 1974 (however, restoration work was delayed by several major floods until 1976). ''Pevensey'' was launched back into the Murray River on 29 October 1976.<ref name="Plowman"/>
[[File:Blowing off Steam (35403191900).jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|''Pevensey'' with steam up at Echuca]]
''Pevensey'' starred in the role of the fictional PS ''Philadelphia'' in the Australian television mini-series ''[[All the Rivers Run]]'', made in Echuca in 1982–1983, alongside fellow Echuca steamer ''[[PS Emmylou|Emmylou]]''.<ref name="Echuca_PS"/>

The ''Pevensey''{{'}}s composite barge, ''Ada'' (built in 1899), was purchased by the Port of Echuca in 1974. In an preservation effort, the 52-tonne barge was removed from the Murray River in August 2012 (at a cost of $33,000), and now resides towards the rear of the Moama slipway. The current condition of the barge is described as "poor", with "no funds available, nor plans in place, to restore the Ada barge".<ref>{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Jessica |date=14 June 2017 |title=Ada barge needs fixing but with what money? |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-riverine-herald/20170614/281586650580863 |access-date=14 June 2021 |website=PressReader |publisher=[[The Riverine Herald]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130409060957/http://portofechuca.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=57 P.S. ''Pevensey'']

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