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| Ship name                = 1873–1881: PS ''Eleanor''
|Ship namesake = Possibly Eleanor Moon
| Ship owner               = 1873–1881: [[London and North Western Railway]]
| Ship operator            = 1873–1881: [[London and North Western Railway]]
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| Ship route               = 1873–1881: [[Holyhead]] - [[Greenore]]
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| Ship out of service      = 1881
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| Ship fate                = Stranded 27 January 1881
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'''PS ''Eleanor''''' was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the [[London and North Western Railway]] from 1873 to 1881.<ref>Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962</ref>

==History==

She was built by [[Robert Stephenson and Company]] for the [[London and North Western Railway]] in 1873. She may have been named after Eleanor Moon (1847–1859), the eldest daughter of the company's then chairman, [[Richard Moon]], and was built specifically for the [[Greenore]] route that Moon had championed.<ref name="Braine">{{Cite book |last=Braine |first=Peter |title=The Railway Moon: some aspects of the life of Richard Moon 1814-1899, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway 1861-91 |publisher=pmb publishing |year=2010 |isbn=9780956529008 |location=Taunton}}</ref>{{rp|340,342,482}}

She ran aground on 27 January 1881 at Leestone Point, [[Kilkeel]], [[Ireland]]<ref name=Irish>{{Cite book| first = Brian| last = Patton| year = 2007| title = Irish Sea Shipping| pages = 178–84| publisher = Silver Link Publications| location = Kettering|isbn= 978-1-85794-271-2}}</ref> during a dense fog. The railway attempted to salvage her but severe gales in the following weeks completed her destruction.<ref name=Braine/>{{rp|341}} Within the year, the railway company had replaced her with a new paddle steamer of the same name, [[PS Eleanor (1881)|''Eleanor'']].

==References==
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[[Category:1873 ships]]
[[Category:Steamships]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Tyne]]
[[Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in January 1881]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of Ireland]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea]]