PS Admiral Moorsom (1860)

PS Admiral Moorsom was a passenger paddle steamer operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1860 to 1885.[1]

History
Name: PS Admiral Moorsom
Namesake: Admiral Robert Moorsom (1760-1835), Royal Navy officer
Owner: London and North Western Railway
Operator: London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Route: Holyhead, Wales - Dublin, Ireland
Builder: Barclay Curle, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number: 83
Launched: September 1860
Fate: Sunk in collision 15 January 1885
General characteristics
Tonnage: 794 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 219.3 ft (66.8 m)
Beam: 30.2 ft (9.2 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)

History

Admiral Moorsom was built by Barclay Curle of Glasgow, Scotland, and launched in 1860. She was named after Admiral Robert Moorsom (1760-1835), an officer of the Royal Navy who served in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

On 15 November 1862, she collided with RMS Ulster in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey and was severely damaged. RMS Ulster towed her in to Holyhead.[2] She collided with Santa Clara in the Irish Sea off Arklow, Ireland, on 15 January 1885 and sank. Twenty-five people were rescued by Santa Clara and another vessel, but five people were lost.

References
  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth, 1962
  2. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (4611). Liverpool. 20 November 1862.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.