Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 29 (estimated)

Name:

 ALBION

Year:

 1844

Description:

 Paddle Steamer

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Tonnage:

 340

Length:

 151

Width:

 22.1

H.P.:

 Two Steeple Engines 150HP

Type:

 Could have been Wood, this may invalidate T & M's clam to the ship.

Customer:

 Glasgow & Stranraer SP Co.

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Notes:

          On the Belfast-Stranraer route the Maid of Galloway was replaced in the mid 1840s by the Albion of the Glasgow & Stranraer SP Co. In the early 50s the PS Briton was sometimes used. A weekly service was provided but in some winters it was reduced to once a fortnight. In the early 60s the number of sailings was increased to three a week which were taken by the Scotia and the second Albion. The first Albion was retired from this service in 1860. The service was reduced to a weekly one on the opening of the Larne-Stranraer route in 1862.

[Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]