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PS Hibernia (1847)

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History
Name1847–1897: PS Hibernia
Owner
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderThomas Vernon, Liverpool
Launched1847
Out of service1897
FateSank on way for scrapping
General characteristics
Tonnage573 gross register tons (GRT)
Length197.3 ft (60.1 m)
Beam25.6 ft (7.8 m)
Draught14.1 ft (4.3 m)

PS Hibernia was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1847 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1877.[1]

History

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She was built by Thomas Vernon of Liverpool for the Chester and Holyhead Railway.[citation needed] On 27 September 1849, she towed the disabled Cambria in to Holyhead, Anglesey. Cambria had suffered a broken main shaft.[2] On 1 October 1854, she assisted in the refloating of Ocean, which had run aground off Ringsend, County Dublin the next day.[3] The Chester and Holyhead Railway was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859.[citation needed]

She was sold to the Waterford and Limerick Railway in 1877 and used as a hulk until 1897. She foundered off the Smalls on 25 July 1897 on the way to the breaker's yard.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. ^ "Accidents at Sea". The Morning Post. No. 23657. London. 3 October 1849. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Accident to the "Ocean" Steamer". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. Dublin. 2 October 1854.