PS Anglia
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Admiral Dupont, of the United States Steam Ship Line, running between Boston, & St Johns, N.B. RMG PY8933.jpg | Ship caption = PS Admiral Dupont, ex-PS Anglia. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *1848–1863: PS Anglia
| Ship owner = *1848–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
| Ship operator = *1848–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
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PS Anglia was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1847 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1861.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
History
She was built by Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859.
She was sold in 1861 and used as a blockade runner by the Confederate States of America. Captured in 1862 by the Union and renamed Admiral Dupont{{Cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/feeders.html |title=Feeder Lines - Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland & Stena Lines |publisher=The Ships List |access-date=17 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231142723/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/feeders.html |archive-date=31 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LMS_LNWR1.html |title=London & North Western Railway, Page 1: Holyhead Services |publisher=Simplon Postcards |access-date=15 December 2009}} after Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont
On 7 June 1865 she left New York City for Fortress Monroe with a detachment of United States troops. On 8 June 1865 at 4.20am, she collided with a sailing vessel, the Stadaconda (or StudacondaNew York Times. 11 June 1865), and was sunk in about three minutes.Reports of the Secretaru of the Treasury on the state of the finances. United States Department of the Treasury. 1865. p.213
References
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Category:Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built in Leamouth
Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway
Category:Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
Category:Maritime incidents in June 1865
Category:Ships of the Confederate States of America