PS Ulster
From Graces Guide
Paddle steamer
1860s The Leinster and the Ulster were two of the crack paddle vessels of their time. Sister vessels were PS Connaught and PS Munster. Leinster was built by Messrs. Samuda Brothers. The others were built by Lairds for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co's mail service. Two of the paddle engines were built by J. Watt and Co, the third by Ravenhill, Salkeld and Co[1]
1898 Scrapped in Belfast. The hull of the vessel was transformed into a four-masted barquentine
In 1896, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. purchased the ULSTER. She did not, however, remain long with her new owners, as she was broken up in 1897.[2]
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