 House flag | |
| Industry | Shipping |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1836 |
| Founder | Joseph Malcolmson |
| Defunct | 1912 |
| Successor | Clyde Shipping Company |
| Headquarters | Waterford |
| Area served | Waterford, Liverpool, Bristol |
The Waterford Steamship Company provided shipping services between Waterford and Bristol and Liverpool from 1836 to 1912.
History
The Waterford Steamship Company ran 13 steamers to Bristol, Liverpool, and Irish ports. Services had been operating before 1836, but it was reorganized and registered as a new company this year.
In 1870 the services operated from Waterford to London were taken over by the British and Irish Steam Packet Company.
In 1901, in a heavy fog, RMS Oceanic of the White Star Line 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 in 1912.
References
- Irishmen or English soldiers?: the times and world of a southern Catholic Irish man (1876–1916) enlisting in the British army during the First World War, Thomas P. Dooley, Liverpool University Press, 1995
- Waterford Standard. 20 November 1901
- "RMS Oceanic". Darrel R. Hagberg. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
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