Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
41 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1846 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Webpage: |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
532 |
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Length: |
176.3 |
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Width: |
25.3 |
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H.P.: |
Two cylinder Direct Acting 200HP Engine |
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Type: |
Iron |
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Customer: |
James Jamieson, City of Dublin Steam Packet Company |
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Fate: |
broken up 1883 |
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Points of Note: |
Built for the Liverpool & Bangor route |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
She had a raised quarterdeck design with one funnel abaft of the paddles and originally three masts, the latter being reduced to two in 1851.
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 was the Prince of Wales. She sailed between Liverpool and Menai Bridge on three days a week. The cabin fare was 6 shillings in 1848, and the deck fare 2/6d.
In 1852 she was used by the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Co. In July 1881 the company absorbed the recently formed Liverpool, Llandudno & Welsh Coast Steamboat Co. Ltd and although Prince of Wales was absorbed by the new company, she was sold for scrapping in July 1883.
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