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PS Hercules

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7120845 ↗
Source-derived summary

PS Hercules was a paddle steamer vessel operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.

History

She was built in Liverpool for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1838.

When acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1859 she was something of a stop-gap until new ships could be built.

She was scrapped in 1862.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1836, 1853, 1859, 1862—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hercules, Open-knowledge and entry providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “PS Hercules” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.