PS Natrium (1836)

undefined The P.S. Natrium was the Elemental Steamship Company's second ship and the second of the Lithium Class. She was a paddle steamer with room for 130 people; 80 passengers and 50 crew, and was 47.5m long. Although she and her older sister, Lithium, did not qualify for a US Mail contract, the two later ships of the class did. She left Liverpool full on her maiden voyage on 13th August 1836 and after six years she was sold off to GAL-Puppy Line in August 1843. In 1840 while in dock she was the victim of a robbery, but nobody was hurt.