The Atlantic Steam Navigation Company (colloquially known as The Galway Line) was a
transatlantic shipping company operating out of
Galway City between the years 1858 and 1864.
It had seventeen ships,
steampowered with
sail
A sail is a tensile structure—which is made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may ...
s. Mechanical
propulsion was by means of either
paddle wheel or
propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon ...
.
Ships
* Indian Empire
* Antelope
* Prince Albert
* Propeller
* Pacific
* Circassian
* Adelaide
* Argo
* Jason
* Brazil
* Golden Fleece
* Panama
* Connaught
* Columbia
* Adriatic
* Hibernia
* Anglia
References
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Shipping companies of Ireland