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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
EAGLE |
48931 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1864 |
25/04/1864 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Ferry Excursion Pleasure
| Iron Paddle Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Overnewton |
27 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
108 grt / 81 nrt / |
219.5 ft |
20.2 ft |
7.3 ft |
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Engine builder |
Finnieston Steam Ship Works Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
2cyl 103nhp
1876 re-engined by William King & Co, Glasgow diagonal 1cyl 50x56in 85nhp |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Capt. William Buchanan, Rothesay |
Glasgow |
06/06/1864 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1891 George Buchanan, steamboat master, Glasgow. 1894 Manchester Ship Canal Passenger Steamer Co. 1898 sold for £805.00 and in that year owned by The Eastham Ferry and Pleasure Gardens & Hotel Co, Liverpool. 03/1899 sold at auction by Kellock for £640.00 Buyer was John S. Turnbull, Glasgow for breaking up. |
Vessel history |
1866 lengthened by 16 ft abaft the paddle wheels. Tonnage became 209 gross. 30/03/1866 trial voyage from Bridge Wharf to Greenock, Garelochhead, Lochgoilhead, Rothesay and home. 1881 tonnage 46.74nt. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1899 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
1899 sold for scrapping |
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Eagle with deck saloon.
Image courtesy of : Graham Lappin
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