Galway Line Fleet List
Fleet List of the Galway Line Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.
GALWAY LINE
Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company
(British)
The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, colloquially known as the Galway Line, was a transatlantic shipping company operating out of Galway City between the years 1858 and 1864. It had seventeen ships, steampowered with sails. The Galway Line had a colorful history as one of the most unfortunate shipping lines ever registered. Launched in 1858, it suffered setbacks and disasters that led to its demise in 1864.
- Argo (1852) 2,380
- Anglia (1861) 2,913
- Columbia (1861) 2,860
- Hibernia (1860) 2,959
- Jason (1853) 2,667
- Pacific (1854) 2,943
- Panama (1851) 2,943
- Prince Albert (1857)
Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.
