Side paddle, 2 Cylinder side lever engine 14" x 81", 460nhp, 1120inp
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
G & J Burns, Glasgow - Glasgow & Liverpool Steam Shipping Co.
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1850
Wrecked 18/06/1850
Disposal Detail
18/6/1850 Stranded on a reef near Portpatrick. 41 lives lost including Dr John Burns, a brother of the owners and Regius Professor of Medicine at Glasgow University. Thomas Henderson of later Anchor fame was the master.
Orion
Image courtesy of : Illustrated London News 29-06-1850
Orion - Sinking
Image courtesy of : Illustrated London News 29-06-1850