Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
82 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1856 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Webpage: |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
323 |
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Length: |
160 |
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Width: |
20 |
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H.P.: |
50 |
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Type: |
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Customer: |
J Robertson & Company |
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Fate: |
Renamed Niagara, she sank in Lake Superior in 1936 in what is termed the Graveyard of Ships in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. |
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Points of Note: |
Plied the Clyde from 1857 - 1868¹ This conflicts with the above as the Niagara could have been built by Barclay Curle in 1857. |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
It is possible that this vessel was built for Prince and Case and ran on the Liverpool to Llandudno route for a while.
[Liverpool & North Wales Pleasure Steamers, John Cowell]
¹[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]
Duckworth and Langmuir show both Tod & Macgregor and Barclay Curle as being the builders of Druid and the ship being sold to John Robertson in part payment for the Kintyre and converted to a three-masted schooner. She was last heard of on 5th October 1880, when she left Invine with coal for Lisbon and is believed to have foundered in the Bay of Biscay. [West Highland Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir]
