PS Anglia was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway

Chester and Holyhead Railway

The Chester and Holyhead Railway was incorporated out of a proposal to link Holyhead, the traditional port for the Irish Mail, with London by way of the existing Chester and Crewe Railway, and what is now the West Coast Main Line...

 from 1847 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

 from 1859 to 1861.

History

She was built by Ditchburn and Mare

Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company

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, Blackwall

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 for the Chester and Holyhead Railway

Chester and Holyhead Railway

The Chester and Holyhead Railway was incorporated out of a proposal to link Holyhead, the traditional port for the Irish Mail, with London by way of the existing Chester and Crewe Railway, and what is now the West Coast Main Line...

, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

 in 1859.

She was sold in 1861 and Used as a blockade runner by the Confederate States of America

Confederate States of America

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. Captured in 1862 by the Union

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 and renamed Admiral Dupont after Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont

Samuel Francis du Pont

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On 7 June 1865 she left New York

New York

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 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 Studaconda), and was sunk in about three minutes.