 The Great Eastern paddle steamer, Richard Young, was the first seagoing vessel to use the direct link to the city.In 1883, the Great Eastern Railway moved its English base from Harwich town to Parkeston Quay and in 1893 moved its Dutch operations from Rotterdam to the new rail terminus at the Hook of Holland.The first vessel to call at the "Hook" was the steamer Cambridge built in 1886 of 1,194 gt.