PS Banshee (1884)

PS Banshee was a passenger paddle steamer owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1884 to 1906.

[1] Laird Brothers built her in Birkenhead for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

[2] The LNWR's railway locomotive works at Crewe made her boilers.

[citation needed] On 12 September 1889, Banshee collided with Irene 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey whilst on a voyage from Holyhead to Dublin.

[citation needed] In 1906 the LNWR sold her to JJ King, who resold her to Italian buyers in Genoa.