PS Isabella (1877)

PS Isabella was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1898.[1]

History
Name1877-1898: PS Isabella
Owner1877-1898 London and North Western Railway
Operator1877-1898 London and North Western Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
Route1877-1898: Holyhead - Greenore
BuilderLaird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number443
Launched1877
Out of service1898
FateScrapped 1898
General characteristics
Tonnage831 gross register tons (GRT)
Length254.2 ft (77.5 m)
Beam30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught14.2 ft (4.3 m)

History

She was built by Laird Brothers for the London and North Western Railway in 1877 and was the first of the company's ships to be built of steel, which was made in-house at Crewe Works. She may have been named after Isabella Aspinall (née Moon), a sister of the company's then chairman Richard Moon.[2] She was launched on Thursday 11 October 1877 from the Laird Brothers yard in Birkenhead, by Mrs Bland, wife of James Bland, one of the directors of the railway company.[3]

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. Braine, Peter (2010). The Railway Moon: some aspects of the life of Richard Moon 1814-1899, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway 1861-91. Taunton: pmb publishing. pp. 342, 482. ISBN 9780956529008.
  3. Liverpool Mercury - Saturday 13 October 1877
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