PS Sea Nymph (1845)

Career
Name: 1845-1876: PS Sea Nymph
Owner: 1845-1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry
1854-1856: Belfast Steamship Company
1856-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
1859-1876 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1845-1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry
1854-1856: Belfast Steamship Company
1856-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
1859-1876 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number: 8
Launched: 23 March 1845
Out of service: 1876
Fate: Broken up at Birkenhead.
General characteristics
Tonnage: 685 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 206 ft (63 m)
Beam: 28.8 ft (8.8 m)

PS Sea Nymph was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1856 to 1876.[1]

History

She was built by Caird & Company of Greenock for the North West of Ireland Union Steam Company and launched in 1845. In 1854 she was sold to the Belfast Steamship Company, and in 1856 passed to the Chester and Holyhead Railway, whos ships were taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859.

She was scrapped in Birkenhead in 1876.

References

  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962