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Drogheda Steam Packet Company
The
company was established in 1826 to link Drogheda with Liverpool,
originally as the Drogheda Paddle Steamship Company. It was taken over
by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company in 1902
Iverna of 1895 was the last paddle steamer built for the British-Irish trade
Town of Drogheda (1826-1848)
Fair Trader (1829-?)
Green Isle (1833-1845)
Irishman (1834-?)
Grainne Ueile (1835-1847)
Faugh-a-Ballagh (1844-1879)
Brian Boroimhe (1846-1880)
St Patrick (1846-?)
Leinster Lass (1849-?)
Black Eagle (1858-1896)
Colleen Bawm (1862-1901)
Lord Athlumney (1871-1888)
Vessels transferred to the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway in 1902
Tredagh (1876-1904)
Built by A&J Inglis at Pointhouse, Glasgow
241.2 ft : 878 GRT
Compound diagonal 48 and 84 in x 72 in
Norah Creina (1878-1912)
Built by A&J Inglis at Pointhouse, Glasgow
251 ft : 894 GRT
Compound diagonal 48 and 84 in x 72 in
Kathleen Mavourneen (1885-1903)
Built by A Jack & Co at Seacombe
160.5 ft : 988 GRT
Compound diagonal : 45 and 65 in x 72 in
Iverna (1895-1912)
Built by A&J Inglis at Pointhouse, Glasgow
255 ft : 955 GRT
Triple expansion diagonal : 28, 47 and 72 in x 78 in
Vessels Chartered from the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
Mersey (1829)
Liffey (1829)
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