PS Cambria (1848)

PS Cambria was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1848 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1861.

[1] She was built by John Laird of Birkenhead for the Chester and Holyhead Railway.

[2] On 27 September 1849, she suffered a broken main shaft when 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey whilst on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Holyhead.

Her passengers were taken off by HMS Banshee.

[2] On 21 June 1873, Cambria ran into the steamship Duchess of Sutherland at Holyhead, severely damaging her.