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PS Thomas Dugdale (1873)

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Out of service
  
1893

Length
  
79 m

Fate
  
Scrapped

Builder
  
A. Leslie and Company

Name
  
1873-1890 P.S. Thomas Dugdale 1890-1893 P.S. Laurel

Owner
  
1873-1883 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1883-1893 Irish National Steamship Company

Operator
  
1873-1883 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1883-1893 Irish National Steamship Company

Route
  
1873-1883Belfast – Fleetwood

PS Thomas Dugdale was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1873 to 1883.

History

She was built by A. Leslie and Company on the River Tyne for the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for their services from Fleetwood.

She was named after one of the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

In 1882 she received new engines by Rankin and Blackmore.

She collided with PS Azalea of Glasgow, in Lough Foyle, on or about 4 September 1888.

She was renamed P.S. Laurel around 1890.

References

PS Thomas Dugdale (1873) Wikipedia