| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William McClure (Greenock), William Maclean (Glasgow) and Thomas Seath & William Clark (Rutherglen) (Glasgow & Inveraray Steamboat Co, Glasgow) |
Glasgow |
21/07/1877 |
| Other names |
| 1898 JUPITER - 1903 LADY OF THE ISLES |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
9/1890 Victoria Steam Boat Association Ltd, London - mng Edgar Shand - reg London (1891)
1896 Catherine & Peter Blair Black, London
1900 Alfred Tolhurt, Northfleet
1900 Peter Blair Black, London
1903 Edward P Barrett, London
5/1903 Andrew D Reid, Glasgow and George P E Childs, London (Isles Steamship Co, Glasgow)
3/1905 Samuel Galbraith, Glasgow |
| Vessel history |
2/7/1877 began daily service from the Greenock to Inveraray.
1878 commenced extended trips to Loch Fyne to see the "monster blast". Visitors who wished to do so were invited to land at Crarae pier and inspect the quarry after the explosion. Many were overcome by the fumes of the gunpowder and seven people died from the effects of the poisonous gases.
1881 began Glasgow-Inveraray summer sailings
c1881 384grt 106nrt; 1891 451grt 169nrt
5/1891 after refit on the Clyde, commenced London-Southend-Clacton-Harwich service
5/1900 for sale
8/1902 sailing from Southampton for Fleet Review, but still for sale
5/1903 on Glasgow-Kyles of Bute service
22/8/1903 engine broke down off Greenock, outward bound. Laid up.
1/1905 for sale at auction but no bidders |
| Remarks |
| Reportedly the first excursion steamer fitted with electric light. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1905 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| 9/1905 broken up at Dumbarton (possibly by Samuel Galbraith, iron merchant) |
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