Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
74 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1854 |
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Description: |
Lightship |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
553 |
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Length: |
182 |
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Width: |
25.3 |
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H.P.: |
120hp |
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Type: |
Iron, two direct acting engines |
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Customer: |
Commission of the Northern Lightships |
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Fate: |
1887: Sank after collision with the Glasgow steam tug "Flying Serpent" (260/86) off the Tuskar Rock, Ireland, while on passage from Point de Galle, Ceylon to Liverpool with a general cargo. |
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Points of Note: |
Compound, 2-cyl by builders |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
1854: Built by Tod & MacGregor, Glasgow and based at Leith
1874: Sold to George A Key, Kinghorn but retained registered Leith
1875: Renamed "Valetta" prior to conversion to sailing barque, registered tonnage 464
1876: Sold to James W Robertson, Dundee, name unchanged
1880: Sold to Thomas Law & Co, Glasgow, name unchanged
There is a record of her working the Liverpool-Wexford route in 1876. [Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]