Waterford Steamship Company
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| Industry | Shipping |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1836 |
| Founder | Joseph Malcolmson |
| Defunct | 1912 |
| Successor | Clyde Shipping Company |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Waterford, Liverpool, Bristol |
The Waterford Steamship Company provided shipping services between Waterford and Bristol and Liverpool from 1836 to 1912.[1]
History
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The Waterford Steamship Company ran 13 steamers to Bristol, Liverpool, and Irish ports. Services had been operating before 1836, but it was reorganized and registered as a new company this year.[2]
In 1870 the services operated from Waterford to London were taken over by the British and Irish Steam Packet Company.[citation needed]
In 1901, in a heavy fog, RMS Oceanic of the White Star Line was involved in a collision when she rammed and sank the small Waterford Steamship Company ship SS Kincora, killing 7 people.[3]
It was absorbed by the Clyde Shipping Company in 1912.
References
[edit]- ^ Irishmen or English soldiers?: the times and world of a southern Catholic Irish man (1876–1916) enlisting in the British army during the First World War, Thomas P. Dooley, Liverpool University Press, 1995
- ^ Waterford Standard. 20 November 1901
- ^ "RMS Oceanic". Darrel R. Hagberg. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
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