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PS Admiral Moorsom

From Graces Guide

1860 Built by John Elder and Co. 794 tons.

Used by the Holyhead and Dublin Ferry

In 1860, the ADMIRAL MOORSOM was added to the fleet. Built and engined by Randolph, Elder & Co., Glasgow, she was 219.3 feet long, 30.2 feet beam and 15.1 feet deep; tonnage 800 gross and 467 net. The two-cylinder engines (73 in. by 72 in.) were of 400 n.h.p., the boiler pressure 17 lb. and the speed 13 knots. Nothing is known of what became of this vessel, except that she had new boilers fitted in 1868.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ ‘Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers’ by George Frank Burtt
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