PS Earl Spencer was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1874 to 1896.

[1] Earl Spencer was built in 1874 as yard number 416 by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, Cheshire for the London and North Western Railway.

Her port of registry was London and the United Kingdom Official Number 70620 was allocated.

[1] On 17 October 1874, she collided with the schooner Merlin in the Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Greenore, County Louth to Holyhead, Anglesey.

Her 57 passengers were rescued, 50 by rocket apparatus and the rest by the Holyhead lifeboat.