PS Norah Creina (1878)
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| Name | 1878-1912: Norah Creina |
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| Route | 1886-1902: Drogheda – Liverpool |
| Builder | A. & J. Inglis Glasgow |
| Yard number | 142 |
| Launched | 20 March 1878 |
| Out of service | 1912 |
| Fate | Scrapped in France |
PS Norah Creina was a paddle steamship operated by the Drogheda Steam Packet Company from 1878 to 1902 and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1912.[1]
History
She was built by A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow for the Drogheda Steam Packet Company for service between Drogheda and Liverpool. Her arrival in Drogheda on Sunday 23 June 1878 was witnessed by a large crowd. The steam tug, Black Eagle, went out to meet her with some Boyne Commissioners on board. The Norah Creina grounded twice in the river, the tide only half in, and on the second occasion, the Black Eagle was required to tow her free. As she arrived at the quay, the steamers Tredagh and Lord Athlumney fired salutes of welcome from their cannon.[2]
She transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1902 when they took over the business of the Drogheda company. Unlike the Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen, which were scrapped following the arrival of the new screw steamers Colleen Bawn and Mellifont in 1903, the Norah Creina and Iverna remained in service until they were sold for scrap in 1912.[3]
In April 1912 the Norah Creina was sold and scrapped in France.
References
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Arrival of the new steamer Nora Creina in Drogheda". Freeman’s Journal. Ireland. 24 June 1878. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html