PS Earl of Ulster (1877)

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History
Name1878–1895: P.S. Earl of Ulster
Owner1878–1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Operator1878–1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
Route1878–1894: Belfast – Fleetwood
BuilderBarrow-in-Furness
Launched24 November 1878
FateBroken up December 1895
General characteristics
Tonnage1,107 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Earl of Ulster was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1878 to 1894.[1]

History

Earl of Ulster was built by the Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Co., Barrow in Furness, Lancashire for the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Co. She was launched on 24 November 1877.[2] She operated on services from Fleetwood to Belfast.

On 30 June 1883, she was involved in a collision off the Isle of Man with the schooner Susanna.[3]

On 12 March 1889, she collided with the Holywood Lighthouse in Belfast Lough and destroyed it.[4]

After being sold to A M Carlisle in 1894, Earl of Ulster passed into the ownership of J McCausland of Portaferry and was briefly put into service on Strangford Lough running excursion trips for one season before being broken up.[5]

References

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian L. D. (1968). Railway and Other Steamers (2nd ed.). T. Stephenson & Sons. ISBN 978-0-90131412-3.
  2. ^ "District News". Preston Chronicle. No. 3382. Preston. 1 December 1877.
  3. ^ Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 August 1883.
  4. ^ Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday 13 March 1889.
  5. ^ Greenway, Ambrose (2014). Cross Channel and Short Sea Ferries: An Illustrated History. Seaforth Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-84832170-0.
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