| Name: | HIBERNIA launched as LEINSTER |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 01/09/1860 |
| Completed: | 02/1861 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 82 |
| Dimensions: | 3008grt, 1569nrt, 360.0 x 40.9 x 29.3ft |
| Engines: | 3cyl, 800nhp; (1869: C4cyl (36, 36 & 60, 60 x 39ins), 320hp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1082; (1869: Laird Bros, Liverpool) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle; (1871: 1 x Screw) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 29387 |
| History: | |
| 05/03/1861 | Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co, London |
| 1869 | Edward Bates, Liverpool |
| 1873 | Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd, London |
| 22/11/1877 | Sank |
| Comments: | 01/09/1860: Launched as LEINSTER |
| Accommodation for 700 x passengers | |
| 1871: Converted to a cable ship, with auxiliary screw propusion | |
| 22/11/1877: Sank while anchored at Alagoas in Maranham Bay, Brazil |
Above photo as HIBERNIA is courtesy of Bill Glover
Above photo of HIBERNIA, INVESTIGATOR & EDINBURGH (L-R) at Darwin in 1871 is copyright of the State Library of South Australia
These three ships completed the cable links to Australia in 1871. Photo courtesy of David Asprey. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 07/09/1860
Jarrow Express, Friday, 07/12/1877