Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
30 (estimated) |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1844 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Webpage: |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
800 |
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Length: |
200 |
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Width: |
25 |
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H.P.: |
Two Cylinder Trunk DA 300HP Engine |
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Type: |
Iron |
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Customer: |
Frederick Kemp English then North Lancashire SN Co. |
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Fate: |
She ran onto the Rathlin Island rocks in dense fog, 4th April 1849. |
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Points of Note: |
Built for Stranraer & Belfast Route. Simple engine with 2 cylinders |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
Her Majesty was built for the Fleetwood-Ardrossan service in the 1840s was frequently at work on the Belfast-Fleetwood and (London)derry-Fleetwood crossings, being run by the Fleetwood and Ardrossan Steam Packet Co. She was the first vessel employed on the latter, which opened in January 1849. She was wrecked later in the same year.
[Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]
[West Coast Steamers, Duckworth & Legmuir]
