PS Limerick (1873)

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

History
Name: 1873-1874: PS Limerick
Operator: 1873-1874: Great Western Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: William Simons and Company, Renfrew
Launched: 1873
Out of service: 1874
General characteristics
Tonnage: 914 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 251.8 feet (76.7 m)
Beam: 29.2 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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