PS Sea Nymph (1845)

History
Name	1845–1876: PS Sea Nymph
Owner	1845–1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry 1854–1856: Belfast Steamship Company 1856–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859–1876: London and North Western Railway
Operator	1845–1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry 1854–1856: Belfast Steamship Company 1856–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859–1876: London and North Western Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number	8
Launched	22 March 1845
Out of service	1876
Fate	Broken up at Birkenhead.
General characteristics
Tonnage	685 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	206 ft (63 m)
Beam	28.8 ft (8.8 m)

PS Sea Nymph was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1856 to 1876.

History

She was built by Caird & Company of Greenock for the North West of Ireland Union Steam Company and launched on 22 March 1845. On 25 May 1846, she collided with PS Ranger in the River Mersey. Twenty-one people were killed and Sea Nymph was severely damaged. In 1854, she was sold to the Belfast Steamship Company, and in 1856 passed to the Chester and Holyhead Railway, whose ships were taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859. She was sold to W E Clayton, Birkenhead in 1875.

She was scrapped in Birkenhead in 1876.