PS Ocean was a paddle steamer built for and operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, then the Cork Steamship Company and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.[1]
^Haws,Duncan (1993); Merchant Fleets- Britain's Railway Steamers - North Western & Eastern Companies + Zeeland and Stena ; Hereford ,TCL Publications ; P.6 ;ISBN0-946378-22-3
^"Accident to the "Ocean" Steamer". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. Dublin. 2 October 1854.
March 03, 2023
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