Name PS Briton Completed July 1862 | Yard number 121 Launched June 1862 | |
Owner 1862 Glasgow & Stranraer Steam Packet Co.
1863 Bristol General Steam Nav Co.
1877 Bristol Steam Nav Co Ltd
1890 Waterford Steamship Company Route 1862 – 63 Stranraer – Larne
1864 – 66 Bristol – Waterford
1867 – 90 Bristol – Wexford Builder Tod & McGregor, Glasgow | ||
PS Briton was a paddle steamer that inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne service.
Service
PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863. Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864–1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890. Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company.
References
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