PS ''Anglia'' was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the

Chester and Holyhead Railway The Chester and Holyhead Railway was an early railway company conceived to improve transmission of government dispatches between London and Ireland, as well as ordinary railway objectives. Its construction was hugely expensive, chiefly due to ...

from 1847 to 1859 and the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...

from 1859 to 1861.

History

She was built by Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall for the

, which was taken over by the

in 1859. She was sold in 1861 and used as a blockade runner by the

Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United State ...

. Captured in 1862 by the Union and renamed ''Admiral Dupont'' after Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont On 7 June 1865 she left

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for

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with a detachment of United States troops. On 8 June 1865 at 4.20am, she collided with a sailing vessel, the ''Stadaconda'' (or ''Studaconda''), and was sunk in about three minutes.Reports of the Secretaru of the Treasury on the state of the finances. United States Department of the Treasury. 1865. p.213

References

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