PS ''Telegraph'' was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by 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 1874.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

History

She was built by

J & G Thomson John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish Naval architecture, marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including , , , , , and ''Queen Elizabeth 2 (ship), Queen Elizabeth 2''. At its heig ...

Govan Govan ( ; Cumbric: ''Gwovan''; Scots language, Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the sout ...

for the

Belfast Steamship Company The Belfast Steamship Company provided shipping services between Belfast in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) and Liverpool in England from 1852 to 1975.''Sea breezes: the ship lovers' digest'', Volume 42. Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 1968. ...

, and in 1856 passed to 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 ...

, which was taken over by the

in 1859. She ran aground on 27 January 1881 at Cooley Point, Ireland. She was salvaged but was beyond economical repair and scrapped in the same year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Telegraph 1853 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the London and North Western Railway Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom