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PS Kathleen Mavourneen (1885)

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History
Name1885-1903: PS Kathleen Mavourneen
Owner
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
Route1885-1902: DroghedaLiverpool
BuilderA. Jack and Co, Seacombe
Launched1885
Out of service1903
FateScrapped in the Netherlands
General characteristics
Tonnage988 gross register tons (GRT)
Length260.5 ft (79.4 m)
Beam31.1 ft (9.5 m)
Draught15.4 ft (4.7 m)

PS Kathleen Mavourneen was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Drogheda Steam Packet Company from 1855 to 1902 and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1903.[1]

History

She was built by A. Jack and Co of Seacombe for the Drogheda Steam Packet Company and transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1902 when they took over the business of the Drogheda company.

In 1903 she was sold and scrapped in the Netherlands.

References

  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962