First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Orkney Steam Navigation Co, Kirkwall. |
Kirkwall |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
25/4/1851 Alexander Laird and Sons (Glasgow & Dublin Screw Steam Packet Co), Glasgow - reg Glasgow 12/1854 William Cameron and John Bell, Glasgow 1857 John Orrell Lever, Liverpool - reg Liverpool 1858 H T Watson - reg Hull |
Vessel history |
30/8/1847 sailed Kirkwall on maiden weekly sailing to Fraserburgh and Leith (in winter fortnightly, but with direct calls at several Orkney islands) 1848 weekly service Kirkwall-Wick-Leith 8/1850 for sale at auction as service was unprofitable 4/1851 on Glasgow-Dublin service 1852 181grt 129nrt; 12/1854 sold for Melbourne-Adelaide passenger trade, but advertised sailing (under canvas) from Glasgow was cancelled 3/1855 trading Glasgow-London and for sale 5/1855 intended for Liverpool-Aberystwyth-Portmadoc-Bristol service of North Wales Steam Packet Co, Liverpool but cancelled 6/1855 sailed Liverpool for Balaclava, Crimea 30/9/1855 arrived Falmouth (Cephalonia for Liverpool) under canvas, engines disabled 11/1855 began weekly service between Liverpool and Westport, Ireland 1858 206grt 175nrt, 103.5 x 20.7ft 1859 lengthened: 257grt 213nrt, 143.5 x 22.1 x 11.9ft |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1859 |
Collision 22/02/1859 |
Disposal Detail |
Sunk in collision with the American ship UNION in Vlissingen Roads (Antwerp for Goole with corn and fruit); her master was lost, crew saved. |
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