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{{Short description|Passenger steamboat}}
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| Ship name                = PS ''Admiral Moorsom'' 
| Ship namesake            = Admiral [[Robert Moorsom]] (1760–1835), [[Royal Navy]] [[Commissioned officer|officer]]
| Ship owner               = [[London and North Western Railway]]
| Ship operator            = London and North Western Railway
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| Ship route               = [[Holyhead]], [[Wales]] - [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
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| Ship builder             = [[Barclay Curle]], [[Glasgow]], Scotland
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| Ship fate                = Sunk in collision 15 January 1885
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'''PS ''Admiral Moorsom''''' was a passenger [[paddle steamer]] operated by the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNWR) from 1860 to 1885.<ref>''Railway and Other Steamers'', Duckworth, 1962</ref>

==History==

''Admiral Moorsom''  was built by [[Barclay Curle]] of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in 1860. She may have been named after Vice-Admiral [[Constantine Moorsom]], who was the LNWR director responsible for steamships, or after his father Admiral Sir [[Robert Moorsom]] (1760–1835), an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] who served in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in 1805.

On 15 November 1862, she collided with {{RMS|Ulster|1860|6}} in the [[Irish Sea]] off [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]] and was severely damaged. RMS ''Ulster'' towed her in to Holyhead.<ref name=LM201162>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 November 1862 |issue=4611 }}</ref> She was run into by the American sailing ship ''Santa Clara'' in the [[Irish Sea]] off [[Arklow]], [[County Wicklow]], on 15 January 1885 and sank. Twenty-five people were rescued by ''Santa Clara'' and five by the [[steamship]] ''Falcon'', but five people were lost. ''Admiral Moorsom'' was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]].<ref name=Times170185>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Supposed Loss Of A Steamer |date=17 January 1885 |issue=31346 |page=6 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times190185>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Terrible Collision Off Holyhead |date=19 January 1885 |issue=31347 |page=6 |column=C-E }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1860 ships]]
[[Category:Passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in November 1862]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in January 1885]]
[[Category:Ships sunk in collisions]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea]]