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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
HELENSBURGH |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1825 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger
| Wood Paddle Steamer 1 |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
William Denny & Son, Dumbarton |
Albert Yard |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
/ / 82 burthen |
100.3 ft |
16.2 ft |
8.7 ft |
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Engine builder |
Robert Napier, Glasgow |
Engine detail |
Side lever, 52 nhp |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Glasgow, Helensburgh & Rosneath Steam Boat Company |
Glasgow |
28/09/1826 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1835 Woodside, North Birkenhead & Liverpool Steam Ferry Co. |
Vessel history |
First steamer on the Clyde to have an iron mast 15/6/1827 ran down ferry boat at Erskine, boatman drowned
1835 became a Mersey ferry. |
Remarks |
21/07/1826 builder's cert. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1845 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
1845 broken up at Birkenhead. |
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Helensburgh
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