PS Eleanor (1873)

History
Name: 1873-1881: PS Eleanor
Owner: 1873-1881 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1873-1881 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1873-1881: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder: Robert Stephenson and Company
Launched: 1873
Out of service: 1881
Fate: Stranded
General characteristics
Tonnage: 917 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 252.9 ft (77.1 m)
Beam: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught: 15.7 ft (4.8 m)

PS Eleanor was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1873 to 1881.[1]

History

She was built by Robert Stephenson and Company for the London and North Western Railway in 1873.

She ran aground on 27 January 1881 at Leestone Point, Kilkeel, Ireland[2] and was lost. Within the year, the railway company had replaced her with a new paddle steamer of the same name, Eleanor.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. 178–84. ISBN 978-1-85794-271-2.
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