Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
42 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1846 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
1,182grt¹ |
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Length: |
216 |
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Width: |
29ft¹ |
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H.P.: |
420 |
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Type: |
Iron, Direct Acting engine |
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Customer: |
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Fate: |
Scrapped May 1869¹ |
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Points of Note: |
Used in the China Seas. Renamed Pekin before completion¹ |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
The Direct Acting Engine required less space. In 1867 "sold Hong Kong".
[British Passenger Lines of the Five Oceans, Commander C.R. Vernon Gibbs]
² [One Hundred Year History of the P. & O., Boyd Cable]
Laid down with the name Sultan, but re-named before completion. She was laid up in Mar.1866 in Hong Kong and offered for sale, but was condemned in 1869 and broken up at Hong Kong.
[Ted Finch]
