Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 123

Name:

 ELECTRIC

Year:

 1862

Description:

 Passenger Cargo Ship

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Picture:

 

Tonnage:

 738

Length:

 210

Width:

 27

H.P.:

 150

Type:

 Iron, Twin inverse engines

Customer:

 Belfast & Stranraer Shipping Co. later Belfast SS Co.

Fate:

 1925

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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 Electric was acquired by Greek owners, who renamed her Peloponessos.

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

 

          It is possible that she operated the early mail contracts to the Outer Hebrides until 1888. The Highland Fisheries Co. Ltd operated chartered steamers Tartar, Holly and Electric.

[West Highland Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir]