Mersey
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Mersey may refer to:
- River MerseyRiver MerseyThe River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
, in northwest England - Mersea IslandMersea IslandMersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the United Kingdom, located marginally off the coast of Essex, England, to the southeast of Colchester. It is situated in the estuary area of the Blackwater and Colne rivers and has an area of around...
, off the coast of Essex in England (formerly Mersey Island) - Mersey River (Tasmania)Mersey River (Tasmania)The Mersey River is a river on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. The city of Devonport is situated at the river's mouth on Bass Strait. It is fed by the Dasher and Fisher Rivers....
in the Australian state - Electoral division of MerseyElectoral division of MerseyThe Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters....
in the state of Tasmania, Australian - Mersey River (Nova Scotia)Mersey River (Nova Scotia)The Mersey River, formerly known as Rivière Rossignol by the Acadians, is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after the River Mersey in Liverpool, England...
, in Canada - Mersey (1805 ship)Mersey (1805 ship)For the River, see River Mersey.The Mersey was a ship wrecked in the Torres Strait, Australia about mid-June 1804. The Mersey was built in Chittagong, Bangladesh in 1801 and registered at Fort William, India. It was 350 tons and carried 10 guns . It was owned and captained by James Wilson...
, wrecked off Torres Strait, Australia, in 1805 - Mersey (1894 ship)Mersey (1894 ship)The Mersey was a 1,829 ton iron sailing ship with a length of 270.7 feet, breadth of 39 feet and depth of 22.5 feet. It was built by Charles Connell & Company of Glasgow, named after the River Mersey in north-western England and launched on 18 May 1894 for the Nourse Line. The ship was primarily...
, a Nourse Line and White Star Line vessel scrapped in 1923