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PS Bangor Castle (ex - Palmerston)
Built in 1864 by T Wingate at Glasgow
Engines : 2 cylinder simple diagonal
Dimensions : 191 ft x 22 ft
250 Gross Registered Tonnes
Built for Thames service as PS Palmerston
Sailed between Belfast and Bangor from 1873 initially on charter
Sold to the Bangor & Larne Steamboat Co in 1877, being renamed PS Bangor Castle
On charter for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. in 1888.
Scrapped in 1899
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