Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
11 (estimated) |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1838 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
151² |
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Length: |
128.9¹ 130² |
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Width: |
16.5¹ ² |
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H.P.: |
80² |
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Type: |
Iron. Steeple Engine. |
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Customer: |
The Castle Steam Packet Company R. Finlay J. Watson A. Miller |
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Fate: |
Wrecked after hitting the Carr beacon, near Crail, 1st October 1844. |
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Points of Note: |
Built for Glasgow & Inverary route. |
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Date of Launch: |
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Notes:
Used on the Glasgow & Inveraray route, under master Donald Currie.¹
http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/cps_list/cps_tab2.htm
In 1838 she was owned by the Castle SP Co., which in 1842 became the Glasgow Castle SP Co., In August 1844 the Edinburgh & Dundee SP Co. acquired her.
Her Majesty (Queen Victoria) visited the Forth in 1844, landing at Dundee on 9th September. A special cruse was organised for her departure on 1st October, Windsor Castle sailing from Granton at 7am with 200 on board, to cruse around and around Her Majesty's new steam yacht after her embarkation at Dundee.
On leaving the Tay, Windsor Castle was left far behind, and as the fleet stood well out to sea, Greig, the Master, kept close inshore, hoping to head off the warships at the entrance to the Forth. Keeping an eye on the royal squadron, the master allowed his ship to collide with the Carr Rock beacon.
He kept on course, but, finding that the ship was sinking, he turned towards land and grounded with her boiler room flooded, two miles east of Crail. Windsor Castle had only one boat, capable of holding six persons, and one oar, but three fishing boats came on the scene and assisted with the rescue. Holes made in the hull by the anchor being driven through the bow were patched up but when the tide came in the vessel rolled on the rocks where she was broken up.
¹[Clyde Passenger Steamers from 1812 to 1901, Williamson]
²[Steamers of the Forth, Brodie]