PS Earl of Ulster (1877)
History | |
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Name | 1878-1895: P.S. Earl of Ulster |
Owner | 1878-1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Operator | 1878-1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Port of registry | |
Route | 1878-1894: Belfast – Fleetwood |
Builder | Barrow-in-Furness |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,107 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
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.[2]
On 12 March 1889 she collided with the Holywood Lighthouse in Belfast Lough and destroyed it.[3]
In 1894 she was sold to A.M. Carlisle and a few years later passed to Mr. McCausland, Portaferry.