PS Earl of Ulster (1877)

History
Name	1878–1895: P.S. Earl of Ulster
Owner	1878–1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Operator	1878–1894: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Route	1878–1894: Belfast – Fleetwood
Builder	Barrow-in-Furness
Launched	24 November 1878
Fate	Broken up December 1895
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,107  gross register tons  (GRT)

PS Earl of Ulster was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1878 to 1894. ^[1]

History

Earl of Ulster was built by the Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Co., Barrow in Furness, Lancashire for the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Co. She was launched on 24 November 1877. ^[2] She operated on services from Fleetwood to Belfast.

On 30 June 1883, she was involved in a collision off the Isle of Man with the schooner Susanna. ^[3]

On 12 March 1889, she collided with the Holywood Lighthouse in Belfast Lough and destroyed it. ^[4]

After being sold to A M Carlisle in 1894, Earl of Ulster passed into the ownership of J McCausland of Portaferry and was briefly put into service on Strangford Lough running excursion trips for one season before being broken up. ^[5]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian L. D. (1968). Railway and Other Steamers (2nd ed.). T. Stephenson & Sons. ISBN   978-0-90131412-3.
2. "District News". Preston Chronicle. No. 3382. Preston. 1 December 1877.
3. Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 August 1883.
4. Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday 13 March 1889.
5. Greenway, Ambrose (2014). Cross Channel and Short Sea Ferries: An Illustrated History. Seaforth Publishing. p. 28. ISBN   978-1-84832170-0.