Queen Victoria (SS)

Paddler Steamer in Ireland, dating from 1853

UKHO wreck no. 009000239. One of the more significant ships lost in Dublin Bay, the Queen Victoria was a 337-ton, 150-foot-long paddle steamer built in Liverpool in 1837. It was owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company and was capable of 11 knots with 250 horse-power, diagonal compound engines. Under the command of Captain Church, the Queen Victoria departed Liverpool in fine weather on Monday, 14 February 1853, en route to Dublin with a general cargo, a voyage it had made numerous times

Type:

Paddler Steamer

Period:

1853

Coordinates:

53.36°N, 6.05°W

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