Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 124

Name:

 MAGNETIC

Year:

 1862

Description:

 Passenger Cargo Ship

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Picture:

 

Tonnage:

 738

Length:

 210

Width:

 27

H.P.:

 150

Type:

 Iron, Twin Engine

Customer:

 Belfast SS Co.

Fate:

 1906

Points of Note:

 Further references are contained in Burns and Laird Lines Ltd, History (1951)

Date of Launch:

 

Notes:

          The arrival of the Electric and Magnetic early in 1863 established the Belfast SS Co’s tradition of being an all screw fleet. These were also the first vessels owned by the company to have an ~ic termination to their names, a custom which was followed by all subsequent vessels until the arrival of the Ulster Monarch and her colleagues in 1929. The two steamers were sold in 1886 to James Hay and Co.; four years later the Magnetic was sent to Leith.

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