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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| CALEDONIA |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1815 |
27/07/1815 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger
| Wood Paddle Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Wood & Co, Port Glasgow |
East yard |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 102 burthen |
94' 0" |
15' 0" |
8' 6" |
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| Engine builder |
Greenhead Foundry Co., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
2cyl 28(?)nhp, Boulton & Watt design
1817? re-engined by Boulton & Watt, Birmingham: 32(?)nhp |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William Snell, Thomas Buchanan, Robert Macindoe and others (Caledonia Steam Boat Co), Glasgow |
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02/07/1816 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
4/1817 James Watt Jr & Matthew Boulton - reg London
1/5/1819 Joseph Hambro, London
1819 Steen Andersen Bille, Copenhagen
1822 Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, Copenhagen/Helsingor
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| Vessel history |
builder's certificate; 1st master, Thomas Buckley.
Initial service Glasgow-Helensburgh
7/1816 sailed Clyde to London and began service on the Thames
22/8/1816 Thomas Miller? appointed master
11/1817 Rotterdam-Coblenz.
11/1817 first steamer to visit Rotterdam, and sailed up the Rhine as far as Coblenz
23/5/1819 arrived Copenhagen - first steamship owned in Denmark; Copenhagen-Kiel service. Occasionally served as a royal yacht. |
| Remarks |
| 1/7/1816 builders certificate - John Wood, Charles Wood and James Barclay. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1841 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
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in Denmark
Image courtesy of : Birmingham Library/Wikimedia
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in Denmark
Image courtesy of : Graham Lappin collection
http://www.dalmadan.com
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