Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
36 (estimated) |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1845 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Webpage: |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
165 |
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Length: |
141.3¹ |
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Width: |
17.5¹ |
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H.P.: |
95 |
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Type: |
Iron. Steeple engine¹ |
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Customer: |
Jas. Reid, Jno. Reid, David Tod¹ |
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Fate: |
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Points of Note: |
Built for Ayr to Stranraer Route, but Plied the Clyde from 1845 - 1863² |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
Master; Dugald Thomson.
¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
On the Belfast-Stranraer route the Maid of Galloway was replaced in the mid 1840s by the Albion of the Glasgow & Stranraer SP Co. In the early 60s the number of sailings was increased to three a week which were taken by the Scotia and the second Albion. The service was reduced to a weekly one on the opening of the Larne-Stranraer route in 1862.
[Irish Passenger Steamship Services, D.B. McNeill]
In October 1863 a new owner, Otto Henry Kaselack, ran the Scotia as a blockade runner. She made five successful runs; Nov 12th 1863, to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau, returning on the 17th; Dec 9th 1863 to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau returning on Jan 4th. On February the 8th she made her fifth successful run into Wilmington before being captured by the Connecticut, on the 1st of March 1864, on the return trip to Nassau.
[Lifeline of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Wise]
A little note about the life of the Scotia after capture: "July, 1864 28th Hot and dry. Made a call in the morning on Mrs. Kelly, a cousin. At eleven o'clock took Steamer Scotia (a captured blockade runner which now runs from Portland to Augusta) to Gardiner. Arrived there at 3 o'clock".
http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/goodwin_diary/
²[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]