Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
9 (estimated) |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1838 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
73 |
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Length: |
90.5² |
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Width: |
13.4² |
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H.P.: |
40 |
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Type: |
Iron |
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Customer: |
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Fate: |
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Points of Note: |
Built for Cork Routes but Plied the Clyde from 1850 - 1852¹ |
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Date of Launch: |
March |
Notes:
Master; John Crawford.
¹[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]
²[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
Queen, Maid of Erin, Prince and Princess were originally owned by River Steamer Company who sent them to Cork over the years 1838-43. In 1844 the vessels formed the nucleus of the River Steamer Co. (later the Citizens' River Steamers Co.) fleet. The Queen and the Maid of Erin arrived in 1838. After a few years they went to Waterford, but it was not long before they were back on the Lee. The Maid of Erin worked the Waterford-Suir-Ross and Duncannon run during the mid-1840s with the Shamrock.
[Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]
Chartered to the Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway (Charles Sughrue & others) in 1851.
[Railway & other Steamers, Duckworth & Legmuir]