PS Lily was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated 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...

 from 1880 to 1900.

History

She was built by Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...

 for 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 1880. She was a sister ship to Violet

PS Violet (1880)

PS Violet was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1880 to 1902.-History:She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1880. She was a sister ship to Lily and built to the same specification. They were intended to...

 and built to the same specification. They were intended to operate a new overnight service between Holyhead

Holyhead

Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....

 and Dublin. The service previously had only been during the day time.

The ship had new boilers and engines fitted in 1890-91 to increase the speed from 17¾ knots to 19½ knots.

She was sold in 1900 to Liverpool and Douglas Steamers Ltd.