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| Ship name                = 1845-1876: PS ''Sea Nymph'' 
| Ship owner               =*1845-1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry
*1854-1856: Belfast Steamship Company
*1856-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
*1859-1876 London and North Western Railway
| Ship operator            =*1845-1854: North West of Ireland Union Steam Company, Derry
*1854-1856: Belfast Steamship Company
*1856-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway
*1859-1876 London and North Western Railway
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'''PS ''Sea Nymph''''' was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1856 to 1876.<ref>Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962</ref>

==History==

She was built by Caird & Company of Greenock for the North West of Ireland Union Steam Company and launched on 22 March 1845.<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=3682&vessel=SEA+NYMPH |title=Sea Nymph |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> On 25 May 1846, she collided with {{PS|Ranger|1845|6}} in the River Mersey. Twenty-one people were killed and ''Sea Nymph'' was severely damaged.<ref name=Times270546>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Awful Collision on the Mersey |date=27 May 1846 |page_number=6 |issue=19247 |column=C-D }}</ref> In 1854 she was sold to the Belfast Steamship Company, and in 1856 passed to the Chester and Holyhead Railway, whose ships were taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859. She was sold to W E Clayton, Birkenhead in 1875.<ref name=Clyde/>

She was scrapped in Birkenhead in 1876.

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