PS Admiral Moorsom was a passenger paddle steamer operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) from 1860 to 1885.[1]
History
Admiral Moorsom was built by Barclay Curle of Glasgow , Scotland , and launched in 1860. She may have been named after Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom , who was the LNWR director responsible for steamships, or after his father Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom (1760-1835), an officer of the Royal Navy who served in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
On 15 November 1862, she collided with RMS Ulster in the Irish Sea off Holyhead , Anglesey and was severely damaged. RMS Ulster towed her in to Holyhead.[2] She was run into by the American sailing ship Santa Clara in the Irish Sea off Arklow , County Wicklow , on 15 January 1885 and sank. Twenty-five people were rescued by Santa Clara and five by the steamship Falcon , but five people were lost. Admiral Moorsom was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead , Anglesey .[3] [4]
References
^ Railway and Other Steamers , Duckworth, 1962
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury . No. 4611. Liverpool. 20 November 1862.
^ "Supposed Loss Of A Steamer". The Times . No. 31346. London. 17 January 1885. col E, p. 6.
^ "Terrible Collision Off Holyhead". The Times . No. 31347. London. 19 January 1885. col C-E, p. 6.
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