PS South of Ireland (1867)

History
Name: 1867-1891: PS South of Ireland
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Builder: William Simons and Company, Renfrew
Yard number: 143
Launched: 6 July 1867
Completed: 1867
Out of service: 25 December 1883
Fate: Wrecked
General characteristics
Tonnage: 498 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 220.4 ft (67.2 m)
Beam: 25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Installed power: 190 hp
Propulsion: 2 cylinder compound oscillating engine

PS South of Ireland was a passenger vessel built for Ford and Jackson in 1867 and then used by the Great Western Railway from 1872 to 1883.[1]

History

She was built by William Simons of Renfrew and launched on 6 July 1867.[2] She was completed in 1867 and owned by Ford and Jackson and deployed on their Milford to Cork route. She was a twin-funnel sister to the PS Great Western.

In 1872 she was purchased by the Great Western Railway and transferred to the Weymouth to Cherbourg service. At 1 am on Christmas Day 1883 she was on a voyage from Cherbourg to Weymouth, and ran aground on Kimmeridge Ledges, 15 miles from Weymouth. Several steamers left Weymouth to assist in the rescue, and all hands were saved. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
  2. ↑ "The Milford Steamers". Waterford Mail. Waterford. 12 July 1867. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Miscellaneous". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. England. 28 December 1883. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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