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Bangor Castle (ex -
Palmerston)
Built in 1866 by T
Wingate at Glasgow
Engines : 2 cylinder simple diagonal 36 and 36 in x 32 in
Dimensions : 191 ft x 22 ft
200 Gross Tons
Built as Palmerston and operated by private owners out of Bangor, co Down
Renamed Bangor Castle in 1877 after being sold to John Moore
Sold to the Bangor & Larne Steamboat Co in 1887
On charter for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. in 1888.
On liquidation of the Bangor & Larne
company she was taken over by the Belfast & County Down Railway but appears
to have remained in England much of the time
From 1894 sailed out
of Plymouth for the Plymouth Excursion Steamship Company
Scrapped in 1899
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