Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
54 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1849 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Tonnage: |
185 |
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Length: |
149.9 |
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Width: |
18.5 |
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H.P.: |
100¹ |
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Type: |
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Customer: |
Henderson M'Kellar |
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Fate: |
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Points of Note: |
Built for the Glasgow & Millport Route. Plied the Clyde from 1849 - 1863² |
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Notes:
Used on Largs Millport & Arran route. Master; A. M'Kellar.
¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
In 1860 she was used as an Excursion vessel and also plied between Dundee and Leith. Her manager at that time was J.D. Luke.³
In 1849 the Star came from Tod & Macgregor's yard. In 1863 the owners realised that the opening of the Wemyss Bay (rail) route was bound to have a prejudicial effect on the trade from the Broomielaw to Millport and Arran, so they took the opportunity presented by the demand for blockade runners to get rid of three of their vessels - the Jupiter, Juno and Star.
²[Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels, Andrew McQueen]
Used as a blockade runner after December 1863, she made two runs; Dec 20th 1863 to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau returning on Jan 18th 1864. Removed from blockade running in the spring 1864, though continued to operate between the islands for the rest of the war. She burst a boiler in Nassau in December 1864. Survived the war.
[Lifeline of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Wise]
She was still afloat and in Nassau in 1922 when Andrew McQueen wrote his book.
[Clyde River Steamers 1872-1922, Andrew McQueen]
³[Steamers of the Forth, Brodie]