Waterford Steamship Company
| Industry | Shipping |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1836 |
| Founder | Joseph Malcolmson |
| Defunct | 1912 |
| Successor | Clyde Shipping Company |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Waterford, Liverpool, Bristol |
The Waterford Steamship Company provided shipping services between Waterford and Bristol and Liverpool from 1836 to 1912.[1]
History
The Waterford Steamship company ran 13 steamers to Bristol, Liverpool and Irish ports. Services had been operating prior to 1836, but in this year they was reorganised and it was registered as a new company.[2]
In 1870 the services operated from Waterford to London were taken over by the British and Irish Steam Packet Company.[citation needed]
In 1901, in a heavy fog, RMS Oceanic of the White Star Line was involved in a collision when she rammed and sank the small Waterford Steamship Company ship SS Kincora, killing 7 people.[3]
It was absorbed by the Clyde Shipping Company in 1912.
References
- ^ Irishmen or English soldiers?: the times and world of a southern Catholic Irish man (1876-1916) enlisting in the British army during the First World War, Thomas P. Dooley, Liverpool University Press, 1995
- ^ Waterford Standard. 20 November 1901
- ^ "RMS Oceanic". Darrel R. Hagberg. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
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