Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
62 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1851 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Tonnage: |
208, 100¹ |
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Length: |
153.9 |
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Width: |
16.6 |
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H.P.: |
80 |
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Type: |
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Customer: |
Cork (Michael Lagney) then City of Dublin Steam Packet Company |
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Fate: |
Sold for breaking up 1891 |
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Points of Note: |
Master; Robert Moss.¹ |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
In 1843 the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company took over the North Wales passenger and cargo business from the St George Steam Packet Company, and immediately placed its new steamer Erin-go-Bragh on the service. The Erin-go-Bragh was followed three years later by three more steamers, the Prince of Wales, the Albert and a second vessel named Cambria. The most well known steamer in the Company's Welsh fleet, apart from the Prince of Wales, was the Prince Arthur.
In 1851 she was Acquired by the River Steamer Company and put on the Holyhead to Dublin run.²
Built on the Thames (I believe that this is incorrect. The dates and the connections mean that the ship was more probably built by Tod and Macgregor) in 1851 she was first placed on the Holyhead to Dublin run but later transferred to the North Wales excursion service, where she sailed alternate days with the Prince of Wales.
In 1881 the fleet of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was acquired by The Liverpool, Llandudno & Welsh Coast Steamboat Company. When in 1882 the new ship the Bonny Prince became beset with problems, the Prince Arthur was retained to cover the Liverpool-Llandudno route. In 1891, the Prince Arthur was replaced in order to provide an improved service.
[Liverpool & North Wales Pleasure Steamers, John Cowell]
¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
²[Railway & other Steamers, Duckworth & Legmuir]
