List of London and North Western Railway ships
Ship Launched Tonnage ( GRT ) Notes and references
Admiral Moorsom 1860 747 ( 1860-68 ) 794 ( 1868-85 ) Sank in 1885 after a collision
Alexandra 1863 703 ( 1863-70 ) 828 ( 1870- ) Sold in 1889 to F Schultze , Rostock . Converted to a barque and renamed Elise Schultze
Anglesey 1888 980
Anglia 1847 473 Acquired in 1859 from the Chester and Holyhead Railway , in service until 1861 . Used as a blockade runner by the Confederate States of America . Captured in 1862 by the Union and renamed Admiral Dupont
Anglia 1899 1,862 Hit a mine and sank , 17 November 1915
Anglia 1920 3,460 Scrapped in 1935
Arvonia 1920 1,842 Renamed from Cambria in 1920 . Scrapped in 1925
Banshee 1884 1,109 ( 1884-94 ) 1,250 ( 1894-1906 ) Scrapped in 1906
Cambria 1848 590 ( 1848-61 ) 759 ( 1861-84 ) Acquired from the Chester and Holyhead Railway in 1859 . Lengthened by 37 feet ( 11.28 m ) in 1861 . Scrapped in 1884
Cambria 1889 357
Cambria 1897 1,842 Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914 and used as an Armed Boarding Ship . Converted to a Hospital ship in 1915 . Returned to LNWR in 1918 . Renamed Arvonia in 1920
Cambria 1920 3,445 Renamed Cambria II in 1948 , scrapped in 1949
Cloghmore 1896 1,488 Ex Greenore , renamed in 1912
Connemara 1896 1,106 Collided on 3 November 1906 with SS Retriever and sank with the loss of 86 lives . Retriever also sank with the loss of eight of her nine crew
Countess of Erne 1868 825 Sold in 1889 to Bristol General Steam Navigation Company Ltd . Sank in Portland Harbour in 1935
Curraghmore 1919 1,587 Renamed Duke of Abercorn in 1930
Dodder Carlingford Lough pleasure steamer . Sank in 1873 after a collision with Duchess of Erne . Raised in 1874 and returned to service
Duchess of Sutherland 1869 761 ( 1869-88 ) 848 ( 1888-1908 ) Scrapped in 1908
Duke of Sutherland 1868 893 Scrapped in 1886
Earl Spencer 1874 858 ( 1874-84 ) 909 ( 1884-96 ) Scrapped in 1896
Holyhead services
The London and North Western Railway operated a number of ships on Irish Sea crossings between Holyhead and Dublin , Howth or Kingstown .