| Name: | RUHR |
| Type: | Train Ferry |
| Launched: | 15/07/1865 |
| Completed: | 08/1865 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 38 |
| Dimensions: | 338grt,172nrt, 230dwt, 166.8 x 27.0 x 9.7ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 36 x 48ins), 80nhp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | Paddle, 7.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1865 | Prussian Government |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Built for moving railway wagons across the Rhine. |
| The Prussian Government would not allow bridges across the Rhine near “fortress areas”. | |
| This complicated the development of the railways, so the train ferry RUHR was specially designed to enable the Government to transport heavy coal trains across the river. |
Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Friday, 18th August 1865