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was a shipping line established in 1823. It served cross-channel routes between
Britain and Ireland for over a century. For 70 of those years it transported the mail. It was 'wound-up' by a select committee of the House of Lords in 1922 and finally liquidated in 1930.
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Provinces"; these carried the same names as the former ships. These were twin-propeller vessels powered by an eight-cylinder steam engine, capable of 24 knots.
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Charles Wye Williams & Company; Williams is one of the unrecognised pioneers of steam navigation. His company initially operated steam ships between Dublin and
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suggest that the number lost was somewhat higher.) The
Company was not able to financially recover from this loss. Afterwards, the remaining fleet were taken over by the
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