Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

Notes:

          Used first on the Glasgow to Largs, then the Millport & Arran route. Master; R. Young.

¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]

          The building of the Spunkie and Kelpie created an undoubted sensation on the Clyde river. Until they were sold for the more exciting work of blockade running they certainly infused vitality into the traffic on the firth. Employed chiefly in the Largs and Millport trade, they were among the last of the well-finished type of flush-deck steamers, with steeple engines and haystack boilers, which were run on the motto of that period - "speed regardless of expense".

[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]

          Mentioned in the will of John Macgregor as being jointly owned by him and David Tod, but with a value of only £4,500 for the whole vessel.

          In June 1863 the Spunkie went off to become a blockade runner.

²[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]

          In August 1863 a new owner, E.L. Lominitz, ran the Spunkie as a blockade runner. She made eight successful runs; Sep 7th 1863, to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau, returning on Oct 2nd; Oct 14th 1863 to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau returning on the 28th; Nov 10th 1863, to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau, returning on the 17th; Dec 15th 1863 to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau returning on Jan 4th 1864. She was sunk while trying to enter Old Inlet off Fort Caswell, North Carolina, on the 9th of February 1864.

[Lifeline of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Wise]