RMS Tayleur
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 RMS Tayleur in full sail | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Tayleur |
| Namesake | Charles Tayleur |
| Owner | Charles Moore & Company |
| Operator | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Ordered | 6 February 1853 |
| Builder | William Rennie, Liverpool |
| Cost | £50,000 |
| Laid down | April 1853 |
| Launched | 4 October 1853 |
| Acquired | 1854 |
| Maiden voyage | 19 January 1854 |
| In service | 19 January 1854 |
| Out of service | 21 January 1854 |
| Fate | Ran aground on the east coast of Lambay Island on maiden voyage, 21 January 1854 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Clipper, iron hull |
| Displacement | 1,750 tons |
| Length | 230 ft (70 m ) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m ) |
| Depth of hold | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | sails |
| Complement | 654 people on board |