The RMS Tayleur was a fully-rigged iron clipper chartered by the White Star Line and her fate would be a black mark on that company for years to come. Instead of sailing south through the Irish Sea, she sailed west towards Ireland. Despite dropping both anchors Tayleur ran aground on rocks off the east coast of Lambay Island about five miles from Dublin Bay on 21 January 1854. Tayleur sank after being washed into deeper water, claiming 380 souls. Royal Mail Ship (or Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used of any seagoing vessel that carries mail under contract to the British Royal Mail. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... A model of a vessel of the clipper type, the four-masted barque named Belle Étoile A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. ... White Star Line logo and burgee If you are looking for the Babylon 5 starships, see the article White Star. ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... A ships or boats anchor is used to attach the vessel to the bottom at a specific point. ... Lambay Island is situated off the coast of north county Dublin, Ireland, north of Irelands Eye. ... Dublin Bay is a bay off the east coast of Ireland. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Built at Warrington in 1853 and launched 4 October, the Tayleur displaced 1,750 tons and was the largest ship ever built at Warrington. Tayleur was 230 feet in length with a 40 foot beam. 4,000 tons of cargo was carried in holds 28 feet deep below three decks. Location within the British Isles Warrington is the largest town and borough in the county of Cheshire, in the North-West of England. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ... A permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1]. On a boat or ship, the primary deck is the horizontal structure which forms the lid of the hull, which both strengthens the hull and serves as the primary working surface. ...

Tayleur left Liverpool on 19 January 1854, on her maiden voyage, for Melbourne, Australia, with a complement of 652 passengers and crew. Her crew of 71 had only 37 trained seamen amongst them, and of these ten could not speak English. However most of the crew survived. Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... (Redirected from 19 January) January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... Crewman is a generic term for a crew member of an aircraft, naval vessel, military unit, or team of professionals attempting to accomplish a goal. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Her compasses did not work properly because of the iron hull. The crew believed that they were sailing south, but were actually travelling west. The rudder was undersized for her tonnage, and when land was sighted she was unable to tack around Lambay Island. The rigging was also faulty and the ropes had not been stretched, becaming slack; making it nearly impossible to control the sails. Compass in a wooden box A compass (or mariners compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the earth. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ... The worlds oldest depiction of a rudder. ... Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ... Lambay Island is situated off the coast of north county Dublin, Ireland, north of Irelands Eye. ...

On 21 January 1854, within 48 hours of sailing on her maiden voyage she foundered after running aground in fog during a storm. Despite dropping both anchors as soon as rocks were sighted, she ran aground on the east coast of Lambay Island about five miles from Dublin Bay. She was so close to shore that the crew were able to collapse a mast onto the shore and some people aboard were able to jump onto land by clambering along the collapsed mast. But she was then washed into deeper water. She sank with the loss of 380 lives out of the 652 people originally on board. The wreck currently lies in 18 metres of water. A high proportion of women were lost, possibly because of the difficuly with the clothing of that era. Of its 558 passengers and crew, a high proportion of which were emigrants, 276 were lost. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sunlight filters through a thin layer of fog on a crisp winter morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... Rugged coastline of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ... Lambay Island is situated off the coast of north county Dublin, Ireland, north of Irelands Eye. ... Dublin Bay is a bay off the east coast of Ireland. ...

The Tayleur has been compared with RMS Titanic . Both were RMS ships and White Star Liners. Technically innovative like the Titanic, both had a serious claim to being the largest ship of their time. RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. ... RMS may mean: root mean square, a concept in statistics and electronics Richard M. Stallman, a computer programmer and founder of the GNU project. ... White Star Line logo and burgee If you are looking for the Babylon 5 starships, see the article White Star. ...

External links

• http://eraoftheclipperships.com/maritimebookreview5.html
• http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/articles/tayleur.htm
• The Tayleur Memorial, Portrane
• http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConNarrative.88
• http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/t/ta/tayleur.htm

References

• Edward J. Bourke - Bound for Australia: The Loss of the Emigrant Ship "Tayleur" at Lambay on the Coast of Ireland (2003) ISBN 095230273X