Out of service 1884 Launched 17 April 1851 | Beam 28 feet (8.5 m) Length 64 m | |
Name 1851-1857 PS Baron Osy1857-1884 PS Malakhoff Operator 1851-1857 Antwerp Steam Navigation Company1857-1872 Ford and Jackson1872-1884 Great Western Railway Builder Robinson and Russell of Millwall Tonnage 125 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
PS Baron Osy was a passenger vessel built for the Antwerp Steam Navigation Company in 1851.
History
PS Baron Osy was built by Robinson and John Scott Russell of Millwall and launched on 17 April 1851 by Mrs Lichfield, the wife of a veteran officer in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy. She was christened Baron Osy after a member of the Belgian legislature, to whom the Antwerp company were much indebted.
She later undertook work for the British government during the Crimean War when she was renamed Malakhoff.
In July 1856 she was acquired by Ford and Jackson and operated between Milford and Waterford and Cork until 1872 when the Great Western Railway took over the Ford and Jackson concern.
The Malakhoff was withdrawn in 1884.
References
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