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Last Updated : 24 Jul 2005

The following is a selection of some of the many ships that were connected with Liverpool. There are pictures available for some of the ships and where this is the case you can click on the ship name to view it.

All information provided here is believed to be correct. However, no responsibility can be taken by the author for the consequence of any error in information on this web site. The numbers in brackets after the notes indicate the book reference.

Name	Company	Year	Event [Reference Source]
La Escocesa		1869	Used on the Liverpool to Sydney route [Records of Joseph Price].
La Rochelle		1873	Three mast square rigged ship at Liverpool.
Labrador	Dominion Line	1891	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec.
Laconia	Cunard Line	1912	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to New York via Queenstown. Also used on the Liverpool to Boston route.
Lady Falkland		1847	Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route.
Lady Gallatin		1820	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Lady Hobart		1850	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Lady of the Lake		1843	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec route.
Lady Russell		1854	Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route.
Lady Sleigh		1864	Blew up in an accident [Records of Joseph Price].
Lake Champlain	Elder Dempster Line	1900	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec. Also used on the Liverpool to St.Johns route.
Lake Erie	Allan Line	1904	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec / St.Johns route.
Lake Manitoba	Beaver Line	1901	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec.
Lake Nepigon	Beaver Line	1895	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec.
Lake Ontario	Elder Dempster Line	1902	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec route.
Lake Simcoe	Elder Dempster Line	1901	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal route.
Lake Superior	Beaver Line	1899	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec route.
Lamb		1682	A ship of 130 tons used on the Liverpool to Delaware route, it was one of William Penn's fleet of 23 and the 17th to arrive, containing mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire families [15].
Lammershagen	Robert M Sloman	1869	Iron sailing ship at Liverpool.
Lancashire		1847	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Lancashire Witch		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Lancastria	Cunard Line	1922	Used on the Liverpool to Quebec route. In 1945 it was sunk with major loss of life off the coast of France when hit by the Nazis.
Lapland	Red Star Line	1914	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Lark		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Las Flor del Plata		1866	Used on the Liverpool to Buenos Aires route [Records of Joseph Price].
Laurel	Tarleton	1708	Vessel of 200 tons which took manufactured goods to America.
Laurentic		1909	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Quebec.
Laurentic		1927	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to New York.
Lawrence		1864	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Leila		1842	Used on the Liverpool to Baltimore route.
Lelia	Confederate Navy	1865	Built in 1864 by Miller & Sons of Brunswick Dock, she foundered in Liverpool Bay on her maiden voyage with loss of Commander Arthur Sinclair of the Confederate Navy.
Leo		1847	Brig used on the Liverpool to Port of Quebec route.
Letitia	Donaldson Line	1924	Maiden voyage was Glasgow to Liverpool.
Leverpoole		1702	Privateer ship sailing from Liverpool under Captain John Ward [11].
Leviathan		1852	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Liberty		1698	Used between Liverpool and Virginia.
Liberty		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Liberty		1843	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Liebig		1867	Hamburg sailing ship used between New York and Liverpool.
Lightning	Black Ball	1854	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Port Phillip Heads. The Liverpool clipper owned by James Baines & Co which set a record of 63 days crossing from Melbourne to Liverpool. Also used Liverpool to Boston route.
Lilly		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Little Ben		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Little Will		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Lively		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Lively	Thompson	1811	Surveyed in Liverpool and destined for Quebec.
Liverpool		1741	A frigate of 681 tons used until 1756.
Liverpool		1757	Liverpool privateer captained by William Hutchinson which captured a bigger French ship [11][12].
Liverpool		1758	A ship of 587 tons used until 1778.
Liverpool		1814	A ship of 1247 tons used until 1822.
Liverpool		1820	Lost after striking a reef off the coast of Africa [Liverpool Mercury].
Liverpool (SS)	Transatlantic Steamship Company	1837	Built in Liverpool at the Humble & Milcrest yard and the first two funelled steamer to cross the Atlantic. The ship was 1150 tons and made seven Liverpool to New York voyages. Was sold to P&O Line in 1840 and renamed "Great Liverpool". It was wrecked in 1846. [08]
Liverpool	New Line	1843	Sailing ship.
Liverpool		1860	A ship of 1195 tons used until 1875.
Liverpool		1909	A ship of 4800 tons used until 1921.
Liverpool		1937	A ship of 9400 tons used until 1958.
Liverpool Merchant		1700	First recorded Liverpool slaver which sold 220 negroes at Barbados.
Liverpool Packet	McCalmat	1820	Used on the Liverpool to Philadelphia and Baltimore routes.
Llala		1882	Used on the Liverpool to Sydney route [Records of Joseph Price].
Lochlibo		1851	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
London	Blue Swallowtail Line	1848	Used on the Liverpool to Boston and New York routes. [Lloyds Register]
Loodianah		1851	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Lord Ashburton		1849	Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route [Web 06].
Lord Cassills		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Lord Clive	G M Papayanni	1871	Built for the Liverpool owner and used on the Liverpool to Quebec and Boston routes.
Lord Dufferin		1859	Surveyed in Liverpool.
Lord Gough	G M Papayanni	1878	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Philadelphia.
Lord Landon		1850	Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route.
Lord North		1771	Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08].
Lord Sandon		1848	Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route.
Lorton	Nelson & Company	1862	Liverpool owned barque [Lloyds Register].
Loyalty		1698	Used on the Liverpool to Virginia route.
Lucania	Cunard	1893	Maiden voyage was Liverpool to New York. Transatlantic ship used by emigrants sailing from Liverpool.
Luciania	Cunard	1893	Luxury liner.
Lucy Thompson		1856	Used on the Liverpool to New York route.
Luis Vives	La Roda Hermanes	1910	Sank off Scilly Isles on Valencia to Liverpool passage.
Lusitania	Elder Dempster	1900	Used on the Liverpool to Halifax route.
Lusitania	Cunard	1907	The huge luxury liner was torpedoed by the German U-20 submarine on 7^th May 1915 off the Irish coast before completing it’s journey from New York to Liverpool. The picture shows her at New York.
Lyon		1682	A Liverpool ship of 90 tons and one of William Penn's fleet of 23. It was the 7th to arrive and contained the first of the Welsh settlers [15].

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