Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
40 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1846 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
110 |
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Length: |
162.6¹ |
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Width: |
19¹ |
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H.P.: |
207 |
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Type: |
Iron. Steeple engine¹ |
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Customer: |
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Fate: |
Sold to Russia² |
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Points of Note: |
Glasgow, Rothesay & Inverary. Was built with the Windsor Castle's Engine. Plied the Clyde from 1846 - 1851² |
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Notes:
Was an iron clipper-bowed paddle steamer, also said to have been "fast but crankey" (like the Windsor Castle, from whom the steeple engine was installed). Like so many others of this fleet she passed in 1851 to Messrs Denny, and on 3rd June 1853 was sold to Russian owners at Krondstadt, being re-named Telegraph (Krondstadt is the German name for the Romanian town of Brasov).
[West Highland Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir]
Used on Glasgow & Rothesay route. Master; J. Campbell.
¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
²[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]
It is possible that this is the same paddle steamer: "Telegraph (1847-1873) : Sold for use on Elbe at Magdeburg - Scrapped 1882."
[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tramways/ElbeDresdenHistorical.htm]