''Hibernia'' was the name of a number of merchant ships. * , the ship thought to have transported the

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from England to the U.S. in 1752. * ''Hibernia'', of 75 tons ( bm), launched at Chester in 1768. Broken up in 1793. * , a merchant vessel launched in 1810 that repelled a more heavily armed American privateer in 1814 in a notable

single-ship action A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; called so because there is a single ship on each side. The following is a list of notable single-ship actions. Single-shi ...

* , ship launched in 1828 at Prince Edward's Island that sank in 1833 in the South Atlantic * , in service with the

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until 1884 * , an Atlantic Royal Mail Steamship Navigation Company cable laying ship which sank in 1877. * , a passenger ship built by Stephen & Sons, in service with Anchor Line, sank on 25 November 1868. * , in service with the London and North Western Railway until 1915. * , a Thames sailing barge built in 1906 * , in service with the London and North Western Railway,

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...

and

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until 1949 * , in service with British Railways from 1949 to 1976 * , an Irish Sea ferry in the 1990s

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*Craig, Robert, & Rupert Jarvis (1967) ''Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships''. (Manchester University Press for the Chetham Society), Series 3, vol. 15. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibernia Ship names

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