// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was PS Anglia shipwrecked? It had a hull of a problem.

PS Admiral Dupont, ex-PS Anglia.
History
Name	1848–1863: PS Anglia 1864–1865: PS Admiral Dupont
Owner	1848–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859–1861: London and North Western Railway 1861–1862: Confederate States of America 1862–1865: Union States of America
Operator	1848–1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859–1861: London and North Western Railway 1861–1862: Confederate States of America 1862–1865: Union States of America
Port of registry
Builder	Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall
Launched	1847
Out of service	1865
Fate	Sunk after collision
General characteristics
Tonnage	473 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	190.5 ft (58.1 m)
Beam	26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Draught	13.8 ft (4.2 m)

PS Anglia was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1847 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1861.

History

She was built by Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1859.

She was sold in 1861 and used as a blockade runner by the Confederate States of America. Captured in 1862 by the Union and renamed Admiral Dupont after Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont

On 7 June 1865 she left New York City for Fortress Monroe with a detachment of United States troops. On 8 June 1865 at 4.20am, she collided with a sailing vessel, the Stadaconda (or Studaconda), and was sunk in about three minutes.