Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 15 (estimated)

Name:

 MAID OF ERIN

Year:

 1839

Description:

 Paddle Steamer

Webpage:

 

Picture:

 

Tonnage:

 99

Length:

 104

Width:

 16

H.P.:

 55

Type:

 Iron

Customer:

 River Steamer Company

Fate:

 

Points of Note:

 Built for Cork routes

Date of Launch:

 

Notes:

          Master; John Crawford.

       

          Queen, Maid of Erin, Prince and Princess were originally owned by River Steamer Company who sent them to Cork over the years 1838-43. In 1844 the vessels formed the nucleus of the River Steamer Co. (later the Citizens' River Steamers Co.) fleet. The Queen and the Maid of Erin arrived in 1838. After a few years they went to Waterford, but it was not long before they were back on the Lee. The Maid of Erin worked the Waterford-Suir-Ross and Duncannon run during the mid-1840s with the Shamrock.

[Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]