Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 81

Name:

 JUPITER

Year:

 1856

Description:

 Paddle Steamer

Webpage:

 

Picture:

 

Tonnage:

 309 (107.9)¹

Length:

 173.5

Width:

 18.3¹

H.P.:

 90

Type:

 Iron. Steeple engine 2M Tubular¹

Customer:

 J. Reid D. & A. M'Kellar¹

Fate:

 Abandoned in 1877.

Points of Note:

 Built for the Glasgow & Largs route. Plied the Clyde from 1856 - 1863²

Date of Launch:

 

Notes:

          Used first on the Glasgow to Largs, then the Millport & Arran route. Master; M'Kellar.

¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]

 

          In 1856 the Jupiter was placed on the Arran route. This was by far the biggest and finest steamer the company had owned. In 1863 the owners realised that the opening of the Wemyss Bay (rail) route was bound to have a prejudicial effect on the trade from the Broomielaw to Millport and Arran, so they took the opportunity presented by the demand for blockade runners to get rid of three of their vessels - the Jupiter, Juno and Star.

¹[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]

 

          J. Reid D. & A. M'Kellar ran her as a blockade runner from August 1863. Unfortunately she was captured, on her first run, by Cimarron on the 13th of September 1863 in Wassaw Sound, Georgia. She was sold by a prize court to private interests on the 13th of October 1865. She was abandoned in 1877.

[Lifeline of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Wise]