PS Limerick (1873)

PS Limerick was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1873.[1]

History
Name1873-1874: PS Limerick
Operator1873-1874: Great Western Railway
Port of registry
BuilderWilliam Simons and Company, Renfrew
Launched1873
Out of service1874
General characteristics
Tonnage914 gross register tons (GRT)
Length251.8 feet (76.7 m)
Beam29.2 feet (8.9 m)

History

PS Limerick was one of a pair of ships ordered from William Simons and Company of Renfrew, the other being PS Milford. She was launched in 1873 but was presumably lost early in 1874 as a new PS Limerick was ordered by the Great Western Railway that year.

References

  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
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