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The following is a selection of some of the many ships that were connected with Liverpool. There are pictures available for some of the ships and where this is the case you can click on the ship name to view it.
All information provided here is believed to be correct. However, no responsibility can be taken by the author for the consequence of any error in information on this web site. The numbers in brackets after the notes indicate the source reference.
Name |
Company |
Year |
Event [Reference Source] |
| Abbey | 1874 |
A steamer on the Mersey [08]. | |
| Abbey Home | 1882 |
Used on the Liverpool to Cape Town route [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Abbeyland | 1847 |
Bark used on the Liverpool to Port of Quebec route. | |
| Abbots Reading | Kendall & Co. | 1838 |
Bark built in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Abby Pratt | 1849 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
| Abeona | H. Wilson | 1848 |
A brig of 183 tons built in 1827 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Abeona | Birley & Co. | 1861 |
A brig of 262 tons built in 1841 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aberdeen | 1848 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Abyssinia | Cunard Line | 1870 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool to New York. |
| Achilles | 1863 |
Arrived in Liverpool with a gift of flour from Philadelphia for Lancashire distress. | |
| Aconcagua | 1876 |
[Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Adalia | Liverpool & Charleston Steamship Line | 1869 |
Used on the Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina route. |
| Adamant |
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Royal Navy frigate built in Liverpool [11]. | |
| Adam Lodge | Lodge & Co. | 1841 |
A ship of 567 tons built in 1833 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Adam Sedgwick | Barnes & Co. | 1861 |
A ship of 458 tons built by Hall in Aberdeen in 1861 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Adgillus | Thomas Harrison & Co | 1874 |
415 ton wooden barque of Liverpool wrecked off Isle of Man when one year old [20]. |
| Admiral Boxer | J. de Wolf | 1854 |
A ship of 1100 tons built in 1853 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Admiral Hawke | 1764 |
A ship of 160 tons built in 1764 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. | |
| Adriatic | White Star | 1886 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. |
| Advancement | 1870 |
Used on the San Francisco to Liverpool route [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Adventure | 1833 |
Used on the Liverpool to Hobart Town,Australia route. | |
| Adventurer | Doward, Dickson & Co. | 1887 |
A ship of 716 tons built in 1875 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aethelberht | White, Foreman & Co. | 1878 |
A ship of 810 tons built in 1876 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aetna | 1817 |
Steam ship built by Dawson of Liverpool [08]. | |
| Afghanistan | British & Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. | 1888 |
A ship of 2286 tons built in 1888 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Afric | White Star | 1899 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool to New York. |
| Africa | 1858 |
Royal Mail steamship sailing from Liverpool to Jersey City. | |
| Agenora | 1848 |
Sailed from Liverpool to New York. | |
| Agnes | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Agnes | 1823 |
A ship of 140 tons built in 1818 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. | |
| Agnes | H. Pooley | 1842 |
A ship of 600-700 tons built in 1839 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Agnes | W. Cobb | 1842 |
A ship of 280 tons built in 1831 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aiden | Booth Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1947 |
A ship of 4545 tons built in 1911 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Ajax | 1834 |
Packet ship sailing from New York to Liverpool[Montreal Gazette]. | |
| Ajmeer | Oriental Ship Owners Association Ltd. | 1864 |
A ship of 1163 tons built in 1861 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Akbar | 1847 |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route [Web 06]. | |
| Alabama | 1862 |
Built on Merseyside by John Laird for the Confederate side of the American civil war she was launched 28th July 1862. During a 2 year period she sank or captured 68 Yankee ships before being sunk herself by Federal cruiser "Keersage". See a Sea Shanty about Alabama. | |
| Alaska | Guion Line | 1881 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool to New York. American ship and British built she held the Blue Ribband. |
| Alaunia | Cunard Steam Ships Co. Ltd. | 1929 |
A ship of 14,030 tons built in 1925 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Albany | S.S. Albany Co. Ltd. | 1895 |
A ship of 2492 tons built in 1883 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Albatross | Gibbs & Co. | 1850 |
A ship of 1000 tons built in 1853 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Albatross | Albatross Steamship Co Ltd | 1893 |
A Liverpool owned iron steam trawler of 123 tons gross [20]. |
| Albert | 1847 |
Bark used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Albert Gallatin | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Albinus | H. Payn | 1864 |
A ship of 500 tons built in 1852 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Albion | Black Ball Line | 1822 |
Sunk near Kinsale, Ireland en route for Liverpool from New York [16]. |
| Albion | 1855 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Albury | Cumming | 1821 |
A ship of 343 tons built in 1804 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alecto | T. Hatton | 1825 |
A ship of 300 tons built and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alenburgh | 1880 |
Used on the San Francisco to Liverpool route [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Aleppo | Cunard Line | 1865 |
Used on the Liverpool to Halifax and New York route. |
| Alert | Duncan | 1835 |
A ship of 147 tons built in 1826 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alert | E. Hanson | 1880 |
A ship of 95 tons built in 1872 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alesia | Fabre Line | 1882 |
Built in Liverpool for the French line. |
| Alesto | 1841 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
| Alex Marshall | 1863 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Alexander | 1842 |
Used on the Liverpool to Baltimore route. | |
| Alexander Grant | Robinson | 1837 |
A ship of 600-700 tons built in 1836 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alexandria | Henderson Brothers | 1871 |
Used on the Liverpool to St.John, New Brunswick route. |
| Alfred | Farnworth | 1857 |
A ship of 1278 tons built in 1852 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Algeria | Cunard Line | 1870 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. |
| Algeria | E L Thomas | 1887 |
Originaly built as Cyrenian in 1874 and sold to E L Thomas of Liverpool. |
| Algeria | Anchor Line | 1891 |
Maiden voyage Glasgow to Liverpool and Calcutta. |
| Alice (SS) | 1866 |
Built in 1865 by Backhouse & Dixon in Middlesborough, she sailed on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
| Aliquis | 1855 |
Used on the Liverpool to Adelaide route. | |
| Allerton | Leyland | Sister ship to "Wavertree". | |
| Alline | 1877 |
[Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Almora | Gould & Co. | 1853 |
A ship of 1200 tons built in 1853 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aloe | J. Jardine | 1857 |
A ship of 1024 tons built in 1856 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alsager | Bright & Co. | 1863 |
A ship of 1210 tons built in 1863 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alsatia | Anchor Line | 1882 |
Used on the Liverpool to Bombay route. |
| Alsatian | Alsation Co. Ltd. | 1877 |
A ship of 1765 tons built (by Leyland) and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Alsatian | Allan Line | 1913 |
Maiden voyage was Liverpool to St.John, New Brunswick. |
| Alyn | 1940 |
Liverpool ship of 350 tons gross wrecked off Isle of Man [20]. | |
| Amazon | 1846 |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route. | |
| Amelia | Falkland Islands Co. | 1852 |
A ship of 200 tons built in 1847 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| America | Dawson & Co. | 1842 |
A ship of 447 tons and "prize of capture" surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| America | Baines & Co. | 1855 |
A ship of 700 tons bulit in 1848 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| America | Sinclair & Co. | 1855 |
A ship of 1500-1700 tons bulit in 1852 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| America | Cunard | 1863 |
Steamship chartered by Allan Line for Liverpool to Quebec crossings. Also used on Liverpool to Portland, Maine route. |
| American Packer | 1958 |
Left Liverpool’s Gladstone Dock for Boston with Liverpool’s Official Last Tram - car 293. | |
| American Union | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York and New Orleans routes. | |
| Amity | Black Ball | 1824 |
Packet ship wrecked on a New Jersey beach 37 days out of Liverpool. |
| Amity | J. Gray | 1835 |
Ship of 312 tons built in 1825 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Amsterdam | American Line | 1879 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool to Philadelphia. |
| Anacreon | Evans & Co. | 1830 |
Ship of 430 tons built in 1825 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Andania | Cunard White Star | 1922 |
Home port was Liverpool. |
| Andalusian | F. R. Leyland | 1877 |
A steamer of 1763 tons built and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Andes | Cunard | 1852 |
First Cunarder to be driven by propeller and be iron built. |
| Andora | Andora Ship Co. Ltd. | 1904 |
A ship of 1723 tons built 1881 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Andrew Foster | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Andromache | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Andromache | Holderness | 1853 |
A barque of 346 tons built 1824 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anglesea | 1863 |
Steamship sailing from Liverpool to Quebec. | |
| Anglia | Anchor Line | 1878 |
Used on the Liverpool to Bombay route. |
| Anglo-American | 1848 |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route. | |
| Anglo-Indian | C.H. Hillcoat | 1883 |
A steamer of 2123 tons built at Newcastle and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anglo Saxon | Tomlinson | 1848 |
A brig of 166 tons built in 1846 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anglo Saxon | Farnworth & Co. | 1858 |
A ship of 1104 tons built in 1852 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anglo Saxon | Allan Line | 1856 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool to Quebec. The steamship also sailed from Liverpool to Portland, Maine. |
| Angloman | British & North Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 1892 |
A steamer of 5057 tons built at Birkenhead and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Angola |
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Ship which imported slaves for sale in Liverpool [11] . | |
| Anidas | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Ann | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Ann & Eliza | 1679 |
Used on the Liverpool to Virginia route. | |
| Ann & Sarah | 1698 |
Used on the Liverpool to Virginia route. | |
| Ann Dashwood | Pickersgill | 1852 |
A ship of 873 tons built 1847 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Ann Galkey | 1746 |
Liverpool ship whose captain Nehemiah Holland sucessfully fought off a French privateer [11]. | |
| Ann Mills | J. Ritson | 1849 |
A snow of 300 tons built in 1843 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anna Robertson | 1846 |
Used from Liverpool on the voyages of Joseph Price [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Anne | 1716 |
Used to carry prisoners or "Jacobite Rebels" from Liverpool to Virginia. | |
| Anne | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Anne Mary | Locketts | 1869 |
A ship of 789 tons built in 1840 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anne Melhuish | Friend & Co. | 1861 |
A barque of ~360 tons built at Port Madoc in 1849 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anne Worell | 1870 |
Used on the Liverpool to Africa route [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
| Annie Fletcher | Rae | 1885 |
A barque of 503 tons built in 1868 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Annie Jane | 1853 |
Left Liverpool September 1853 and lost in bad weather. | |
| Annie Wilson | Haughton | 1857 |
A ship of ~1200 tons built in 1854 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Anselm | Booth Steam Ships Co. Ltd. | 1940 |
A ship of 5954 tons built in 1935 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Antarctic | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Antarctica | 1867 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
| Antelope | 1666 |
Sponsored by wealthy Liverpool sugar dealer Daniel Danvers she made a transatlantic journey to Barbados to collect sugar cane and started a new area of trade for Liverpool. | |
| Apollo | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Aquitania | Cunard | 1919 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. |
| Arab | Green & Co. | 1835 |
A ship of 512 tons built at Boston 1834 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Arabian | 1846 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Arabian | Wilson & Co. | 1859 |
A ship of ~1000 tons built in 1852 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Arabic | White Star Line | 1881 |
Maiden voyage was Liverpool to New York. |
| Arawa | 1900 |
Used on the Liverpool to Halifax and St.John, New Brunswick route. | |
| Archer | P. Iredale & Son | 1887 |
A ship of 789 tons built in 1876 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Architect | Charente Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1933 |
A steamer of 5421 tons built in 1912 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Arctic | Collins Line | 1850 |
The Liverpool was ship recorded in a painting by Robert Salomon. The steamers maiden voyage was from New York to Liverpool [16]. |
| Arcturus | G.H. Dyson | 1877 |
A barque of 203 tons built in 1865 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Ardeola | Ardeola Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1917 |
A steamer of 3140 tons built in 1912 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Argo | Black Star | 1841 |
Sailing ship of 967 tons built in New York. Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. Also used by Caleb Grimshaw and Co on the Liverpool to Melbourne route in 1852. |
| Argomene | H. Fernie & Sons | 1878 |
A ship of 1716 tons built in 1877 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Argonaut |
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Privateer ship sailing from Liverpool [11]. | |
| Argyle | 1841 |
Used on the Melbourne to Liverpool route. | |
| Argyle | J. de Wolf | 1850 |
A ship of ~575 tons built in 1849 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Arica | Harrison & Sons | 1831 |
A brig of 189 tons built in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Arizona (SS) | Guion Line | 1880 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route [Web 06]. |
| Arkadia | Arcadian Steamship Co | 1968 |
Used on the Cherbourg to Liverpool route. |
| Arkwright | 1866 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Arlington (SS) | 1848 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route [Web 06]. | |
| Armenian (SS) | 1890s |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route. | |
| Armestice | Smith & Co. | 1861 |
A 268 ton brig that sailed for Liverpool from Miramichi [W015]. |
| Arzilla | Gibson & Co. | 1867 |
A ship of 1095 tons built in 1863 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Ashburton | Chapman, Bowman & Co | 1843 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route [G-1843]. |
| Ashland | 1849 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
| Asia | Holderness | 1844 |
A barque of ~300 tons built in 1840 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Asia | Cannon & Co. | 1844 |
A barque of 647 tons built in 1833 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Asia | Cunard Line | 1850 |
Used on the Liverpool to Halifax and New York routes. |
| Assyria | 1882 |
Used on the Liverpool to Calcutta route. | |
| Assyrian Monarch | Royal Exchange Shipping Company | 1889 |
Used on the Liverpool to Baltimore route. |
| Aston | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Astrea | T. Neish & Co. | 1823 |
A brig of 154 tons built 1819 and surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Astria | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route [Web 06]. | |
| Atala | Tate | 1850 |
A barque of ~700 tons built 1847 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Atalanta | Hughes Line | 1870 |
Used on the Liverpool to Suez-Bombay route. |
| Athenia | Donaldson Line | 1922 |
Maiden voyage was Glasgow to Liverpool. |
| Athlete | J.J. Wallace | 1881 |
A steamer of 363 tons built 1855 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Athlone | City of Dublin Steam Packet Co | 1843 |
Liverpool to Dublin [G-1843]. |
| Atlantian | T&J Harrison | 1933 |
Originally built 1928 and sold to T&J Harrison of Liverpool. |
| Atlantic | Collins Line | 1842 |
Used by Jenny Lind and her departure from Liverpool is captured in an oil painting by Samual Walters. |
| Atlantic | Collins Line | 1850 |
The steamers maiden voyage was New York to Liverpool [16]. |
| Atlantic | White Star | 1871 |
Built at Harland & Wolf in 1871, she was one of five original ships of White Star. Departing Liverpool 20 March 1873 bound for New York, Atlantic ran into rocks off Nova Scotia on 1 April 1873. |
| Atlas | 1847 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Atlas | British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co | 1873 |
First voyage Liverpool to Boston. |
| Atmosphere | 1863 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Augustus Wattenbach | 1856 |
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| Aunt | Evans & Co. | 1831 |
A smack of 50 tons surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Aurania | Cunard Line | 1896 |
Transatlantic liner used by emigrants. |
| Aureol |
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Captured on the Mersey in an oil painting. | |
| Aurora | 1855 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Ausonia | Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1939 |
A steamer of 13,912 tons built 1929 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Austin | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
| Austral | Anchor Line | 1884 |
Chartered for use on the Liverpool to New York route. |
| Australia | 1860 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
| Australia | Anchor Line | 1882 |
Used on the Liverpool to Bombay route. |
| Australian | West India & Pacific Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1887 |
A brig of 2499 tons built 1867 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Austrian | Allan Line | 1867 |
Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec. |
| Autofagasta | Tomlinson, Hodgetts & Co. | 1875 |
A barque of 709 tons surveyed in Liverpool [W015]. |
| Avon | Moore & Co. | 1847 |
A brig of ~260 tons built 1838 and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
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