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Liverpool
and North Wales Steamship Company
(1891-1962)
Formed in 1891 when New North Wales
Steamship Company (est 1890) took over the Liverpool, Llandudno and Welsh Coast
Steamboat Co and their paddlers Paris which was quickly sold, and Bonnie Princess
PS
St Tudno (1889-1890) was the New North Wales Company's
only ship, built in Glasgow by Fairfields who owned the new company and she
was a big success, but was sold to Germany
and replaced by a second St Tudno after one year
The
Snowdon Passenger Steamship Company (established in 1892) its vessel PS Snowdon was
acquired in 1899, to augment their fleet of paddlers Bonnie Princess, St
Tudno and St Elvies. In 1904, they purchased PS La Marguerite, a favourite on the
Thames and cross-channel services to Boulogne and Calais. La
Marguerite, regarded as the second largest passenger paddler on
British short-sea and coastal service, set a pattern for size and
grandeur but was an extremely expensive vessel to run. Her replacement was
the large turbine St Tudno (2300
Gross Registered Tonnes), to which the company added a smaller second turbine
(St Seiriol - 1586 GRT). These ships maintained
the service until the company went into voluntary liquidation after
the 1962 season along with the much smaller motor vessel St Trillo. The turbine
steamers quickly went to the breakers. St Trillo found further service with
P & A Campbell on the Bristol Channel.
Paris (1875-1892)
Bonnie Princess (1882-1895)
St Tudno (1891-1912)
St Elvies (1896-1931)
Snowdon (1899-1931)
La Marguerite (1904-1925)
St Elian (1907-1915)
St Trillo
(1909-1921)
For postacard images of the vessels - please see Ian Boyle's
Simplon Postcasrds website : http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LNWSS.html
Other vessels (For
details of the Turbine Steamers - TS - Go to the sister website : Clyde
Turbine Steamers
TS St Seiriol - never
sailed for company - lost in 1918
SS St Elian (1922-1927)
TS St Tudno (1926-1962)
TS St Seiriol (1931-1962)
MV St Silio / St Trillo (1936-1962)
Bibliography
The Liverpool and North Wales
Steamship Company
By John Shepherd
Published
in 2006 by Ships in Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston, Lancashire,
PR4 5PD
ISBN: 1 901703 67 3
Illustrated review of the shipping company
and its vessels
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Lancashire
Clyde
Turbine Steamers