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PS Earl of Ulster (1878)

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Builder
  
Barrow-in-Furness

Name
  
1878-1895 P.S. Earl of Ulster

Owner
  
1878-1894 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Operator
  
1878-1894 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Route
  
1878-1894 Belfast – Fleetwood

Tonnage
  
1,107 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Earl of Ulster was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1878 to 1894.

History

She operated on services from Fleetwood to Belfast.

On 30 June 1883 she was involved in a collision off the Isle of Man with the schooner Susanna.

On 12 March 1889 she collided with the Holywood Lighthouse in Belfast Lough and destroyed it.

In 1894 she was sold to A.M. Carlisle and a few years later passed to Mr. McCausland, Portaferry.

References

PS Earl of Ulster (1878) Wikipedia