PS Lithium (1836)

undefined The P.S. Lithium was the Elemental Steamship Company's first ship and the first of the Lithium Class. She was a paddle steamer with room for 130 people; 80 passengers and 50 crew, and measured 47.5m in length. Although she and her first sister, Natrium, did not qualify for a US Mail contract, the two later ships of the class did. She departed her successful maiden voyage on 6th July 1836 and after a good career of six years she was sold off to Rivers & Oceans Transatlantic Line in June 1843.