PS Kathleen Mavourneen (1885)

Career
Name: 1885-1903: PS Kathleen Mavourneen
Owner: 1885-1902: Drogheda Steam Packet Company
1902-1903: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Operator: 1885-1902: Drogheda Steam Packet Company
1902-1903: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry:
Route: 1885-1902: Drogheda โ€“ Liverpool
Builder: A. Jack and Co, Seacombe
Launched: 1885
Out of service: 1903
Fate: Scrapped in Holland
General characteristics
Tonnage: 988 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 260.5 ft (79.4 m)
Beam: 31.1 ft (9.5 m)
Draught: 15.4 ft (4.7 m)

PS Kathleen Mavourneen was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Drogheda Steam Packet Company from 1855 to 1902 and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1903.[1]

History

She was built by A. Jack and Co of Seacombe for the Drogheda Steam Packet Company and transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1902 when they took over the business of the Drogheda company.

In 1903 she was sold and scrapped in Holland.

References

  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962