The Waterford Steamship Company provided shipping services between

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and

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

and

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

from 1836 to 1912.

History

The Waterford Steamship company ran 13 steamers to Bristol, Liverpool and Irish ports. Services had been operating prior to 1836, but in this year they was reorganised and it was registered as a new company.Waterford Standard. 20 November 1901 In 1870 the services operated from

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were taken over by the

British and Irish Steam Packet Company The British and Irish Steam Packet Company Limited was a steam packet and passenger ferry company operating between ports in Ireland and in Great Britain between 1836 and 1992. It was latterly popularly called the B&I, and branded as B&I Lin ...

. In 1901, in a heavy fog, RMS ''Oceanic'' of the

White Star Line The White Star Line was a British shipping company. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up to become one of the most prominent shipping lines in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between t ...

was involved in a collision when she rammed and sank the small Waterford Steamship Company ship SS ''Kincora'', killing 7 people. It was absorbed by the

Clyde Shipping Company The Clyde Shipping Company was one of the earliest shipping companies in the United Kingdom to provide steamship services. History The Clyde Shipping Company or C. S. Co. was established in 1815 to provide steamship services out of Glasgow. A ...

in 1912.

References

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