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{{Short description|Paddle steamer cargo vessel}}
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| Ship name = *1870–1912: PS/TSS ''Edith''
*1912–1914: TSS ''Vos''
| Ship owner = *1870–1912: [[London and North Western Railway]]
*1912–1914: Captain A. Depauw, Antwerp
| Ship operator = *1870–1912: London and North Western Railway
*1912–1913: Captain A. Depauw, Antwerp
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| Ship route = 1870–1912: [[Holyhead]] - [[Greenore]]
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'''PS/TSS ''Edith''''' was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the [[London and North Western Railway]] from 1870 to 1912.<ref>Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962</ref>

==History==

She was built by [[A. Leslie and Company]] for the [[London and North Western Railway]] in 1870. She may have been named after Edith May Moon, a daughter of the company's then chairman, [[Richard Moon]], and was the first paddle steamer used on the [[Greenore]] service that Moon had championed.<ref name="Braine">{{Cite book |last=Braine |first=Peter |title=The Railway Moon: some aspects of the life of Richard Moon 1814-1899, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway 1861-91 |publisher=pmb publishing |year=2010 |isbn=9780956529008 |location=Taunton |pages=340, 342}}</ref>

On 8 September 1875 she collided with the [[PS/TSS Duchess of Sutherland (1868)|''Duchess of Sutherland'']] in [[Holyhead]] and sank.<ref name=Times090975>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collisions at Sea |date=9 September 1875 |issue=28416 |page=7 |column=F }}</ref> Arrangements were made to raise her in May 1876, but on 31 October 1876 the [[City of Dublin Steam Packet Company]]'s steamship St Patrick collided with the wreck destroying the lifting apparatus, leading to a court case in which it was ruled in May 1877 that the St. Patrick was at fault.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Case of the St Patrick |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 May 1877 | page=7 }}</ref> She was eventually raised on 4 December 1877,<ref name=LM061277>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=4 December 1877 |issue=12374 }}</ref> and was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

She was converted from a paddle steamer to a twin [[screw steamer]] in 1892 by [[Cammell Laird]] of [[Birkenhead]].

She was withdrawn in March 1912 and sold to the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company for scrap, but was resold to Belgian owner, Captain A Depauw, and re-registered as the TSS ''Vos'' in [[Antwerp]]. Seized by Belgian Government in 1913 who claimed that her owner had made preparations to use her for the contraband of arms to South America. She was laid up in [[Zeebrugge]] until January 1914 when she was sold to [[Ship breaking|shipbreakers]].<ref name=BelgePZ>{{cite web |url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant P-Z |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |accessdate=1 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1870 ships]]
[[Category:Steamships]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Tyne]]
[[Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in September 1875]]