Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

No.:

14

Name:

MAID OF GALLOWAY

Year:

1836

Description:

Paddle Steamer

Webpage:

 

Picture:

 

Tonnage:

220

Length:

117

Width:

17

H.P.:

 

Type:

Wooden ship built by Robert Barclay. Tod & Macgregor built the engines.

Customer:

 

Fate:

Possibly burst a boiler north of Dublin harbour in 1850. See Irish Wrecks.

Points of Note:

Claimed in [Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill] to have been built by Robert Barclay.

Date of Launch:

1844?

Notes:

          The Belfast-Stranraer service was started in the late 1830s. It was worked by the Maid of Galloway but in the mid-40s she was replaced by the Albion. [Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]