PS Isabella (1877)

History
Name	1877–1898: PS Isabella
Owner	1877–1898: London and North Western Railway
Operator	1877–1898: London and North Western Railway
Port of registry	United Kingdom
Route	1877–1898: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number	443
Launched	1877
Out of service	1898
Fate	Scrapped 1898
General characteristics
Tonnage	831 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	254.2 ft (77.5 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	14.2 ft (4.3 m)

PS Isabella was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1898.[1]

History

She was built by Laird Brothers for the London and North Western Railway in 1877 and was the first of the company's ships to be built of steel, which was made in-house at Crewe Works. She may have been named after Isabella Aspinall (née Moon), a sister of the company's then chairman Richard Moon.[2] She was launched on Thursday 11 October 1877 from the Laird Brothers yard in Birkenhead, by Mrs Bland, wife of James Bland, one of the directors of the railway company.[3]

References

1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
2. Braine, Peter (2010). The Railway Moon: some aspects of the life of Richard Moon 1814-1899, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway 1861-91. Taunton: pmb publishing. pp. 342, 482. ISBN 9780956529008.
3. Liverpool Mercury - Saturday 13 October 1877