International exhibition Glasgow 1901
Official catalogue

i 24 dark blue on plan. Grand Avenue. Class V. '‘Princess Royal,” 1841.—Iron Paddle Steamer, built by Tod & M'Grogor (now D. & W. Henderson & Co.), Partick, for M. Langlands & Sons’ Glasgow and Liverpool service. Length 19-1', breadth 32', depth 14'. Two steeple jet condensing engines of 380 H P. One of the finest and fastest iron steam vessels of her time ; her immediate predecessors in the Glasgow and Liverpool trade, the “Royal Sovereign” and “ Royal George,” built in 1838, having been the first sea going vessels built of iron. • Craignish Castle,” 1843.—Iron Paddle Steamer, 285 tons gross, built by Caird & Co., for the Glasgow Castle Steam Packet Co., for their passenger service between Glasgow, Rothesay, and Largs. Length 170', breadth 19', depth 9'. Fitted with double diagonal jet condensing engines and two flue boilers carrying 14 lbs. pressure. The first paddle steamer on the Clyde to be fitted with feathering floats. She steamed about 12 knots, and went out to run the blockade in the American War. • Queen,” 1844. Iron Paddle Steamer, 573 tons register, built by A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, for the Aberdeen, Leith, and Clyde Steam Company, Length 180', breadth 28', depth 16'. “Viceroy,” 1846.—Iron Paddle Steamer, 725 tons B.M., built by 11. Napier & Sons, Govan, for the Dublin and Glasgow S.P. Co.’s channel service. Length 203', breadth 27', depth 18'. Engines of the side lever type of 1100 I. HP. ‘Trafalgar,” 1847.—Iron Paddle Steamer, built by Tod & M'Gregor, Partick, for the P. & O. Co.’s Eastern trade. Length overall 212', breadth 33^', depth 19'. Oscillating jet condensing engines of 370 two cyls. 70" dia., stroke 5^'. • Reindeer,” 1818.—Noted Wood China Clipper, 328 tons net, built by A, Mall & Co., Aberdeen, for a Liverpool firm. Length b.p. 145^', breadth inside 22'3", depth of hold 15' 5". "Cambria,” 1848.— Noted example of early channel steamers. Iron Paddle Steamer, 589 tons gross, 327 tons net, built by Laird of Birkenhead for the (Jhester and Holyhead Railway Co. (afterwards merged in‘o the London & N.-W. Ry. Co.). Length 207', breadth 26', depth 14'. Engines by Forrester, of Liverpool, of the side lever type of 392 N.H.P., cyls. 73|" dia., stroke 5'. Two tubular boilers by Horton & Co., Liverpool, carrying 15 lbs. pressure. Speed of vessel, 15 knots. For the long period of 32 years this vessel plied between Holyhead and Dublin, and was eventually broken up in 1881. ■ l Collier,” 1848—Iron Screw Steamer, 158 tons register, built by John Raid & Co., Port-Glasgow, for Mories & Nicol, Gx-eenock. Length 95', breadth 20', depth HH'. Engines by Caird & Co , Greenock, two cyls. 20" dia., stroke 2'. In 1857 thia vessel was lengthened by 32', and is still in service after over half-a century s work. “Simoom,” 1849.—H.M. Iron Screw Frigate, of 2,900 displacement, built by 11. Napier & Sons for British Admiralty. Length bp. 246', breadth mid. II', depth mid. 30'. Engines horizontal oscillating of 1700 I.H.P. One of the first iron steam frigates built for the British Navy. Was converted into a trans- port ship, and after 40 years’ service was sold to go abroad. “ Star,” 1849.—Iron Paddle Steatnør, built by Tod & M'Gregor. Partick, for the Clyde coasting trade. Length overall 162', breadth mid. 18J', depth mid. 10'. Kitted by her builders with steeple jet condensing engines of 100 H.p. and one haystack boiler. • ‘City Of Glasgow,” 1850.—Iron Screw Steamer, 1,600 tons, one of tho pioneer screw vessels in Atlantic service, built by Tod & M'Gregor, Partick, to the order of Glasgow owners, but acquired after launching by Inman & Co., Liverpool Length overall 220', breadth, mid., 32', depth, mid., 21'. Engines, overhead beam, jet condensing, 3 0 H.P., two cyls. 66" dia., stroke 60". This vessel, memorable as the first of the fleet of transatlantic liners, subsequently so renowned as the Inman Line, had already been built and launched (her builders having formed the idea, in common with the owners of the “Great Britain” —built at Bristol in 1843 —of starting a continuous service of voyages across tho Atlantic with vessels built of iron and driven by screws), when they were approached by Mr. William Inman, who eventually purchased the vessel and ordered another, the “City of Manchester,” of 2,125 tons and 400 h.p. With these two steamers, and others subsequently added, a service between Liverpool and Philadelphia was established, and shortly thereafter between Liverpool and New York.