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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, Govan |
| 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.
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| 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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