The Galway Line

The Atlantic Steam Navigation Company (colloquially known as The Galway Line)[1] was a transatlantic shipping company operating out of Galway City between the years 1858 and 1864. It had seventeen ships, steampowered with sails. Mechanical propulsion was by means of either paddle wheel or propeller.[2]

Ships
  • Indian Empire
  • Antelope
  • Prince Albert
  • Propeller
  • Pacific
  • Circassian
  • Adelaide
  • Argo
  • Jason
  • Brazil
  • Golden Fleece
  • Panama
  • Connaught
  • Columbia
  • Adriatic
  • Hibernia
  • Anglia
gollark: Well, oops. Sorry about that, I was alt-tabbed away. I'll roll for you all manually.
gollark: !raffle start
gollark: Raffling off one of these because I was suddenly reminded of the existence of their parents: https://dragcave.net/lineage/dAv9i
gollark: Of course there was a raffle, someone started a raffle.
gollark: Wait, how do I actually know what the raffle is *for*?

References
  1. Collins, Timothy (1994). "The Galway Line in Context: A Contribution to Galway Maritime History (Part I)". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 46: 1–42, p 1. ISSN 0332-415X. JSTOR 25535634.
  2. Collins, Tim (2002). Transatlantic Triumph and Failure: the story of the Galway Line. Wilton, Cork: Collins Press. ISBN 190346420X.
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