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 | |
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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: |
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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
- Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth, 1962
- "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (4611). Liverpool. 20 November 1862.
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