International exhibition Glasgow 1901
Official catalogue

128 dark bitte on plan. Grand Avenue. Class V.________ “Bothnia,” 1874.—Tron Screw Steamer, 4535 tons gross, 2923 nett, built by J. & G. Thomson, for Canard Company’s Atlantic service. Length, B.P., 4'20'; breadth m’u.. 4?; depth, mid., 3C', Engines, comp. 1) A , S.C., 3IGO H.P.; cyls.,, 60" and 104" dia.; stroke, 4' G". Cyl. tubular boiler; working pressure 67 lbs. Speed, 13if knots. This vessel, employed mostly in the N. Atlantic passenger and cargo service, served as a troopship to India and Havana in 1899, and was- afterwards sold to foreign owners. Still afloat. “Coriolanus,” 1876.—Iron Sailing Ship, 1074 tons gross, 1046 nett, built by A. M'-Vlillan & Sons, Dumbarton, for J. Patton, Jun., & Co., and intended for tracing from London to the Colonics, thence to China, and from China, with early teas, to New York, and then home to London. Length, overall, 232', breadth 35’2', depth 20’15'. Performed in 1876 the voyage, Seilly to Calcutta, in 69 days; being the fastest on record. A model of this vessel was awarded the First Prize in the Competitive Exhibition of Ships’ Models held in London in 1877, under the auspices of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. The prize consisted of a Gold Medal, 25 Guineas, and the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights and the City of London, to the Exhibitor, the late John M‘Millan, Jun. The “Coriolanus ” is still afloat. “Lord of the Isles,” 1877.-Iron Paddle Steamer, 427 tons gross, 214 nett, built by D. & W. Henderson & Co., for the Glasgow and Inveraray S.P. Coy. Length B.P. 246', breadth 24', depth 8' 4". Engines, diag. oseil. S.c. of 1800 11.P., 2 cyls. 46" dia., stroke 5|'. 2 Haystack Boilers, working pressure 50 lbs. Speed 17 knots. This vessel, the predecessor of the present well-known Clyde Steamer of the same name, was engaged for fully twelve years on the Glasgow and Inveraray route, and then for several years on the Thames. Still afloat. “ Columba,” 1878.—Steel Paddle Steamer, 562 tons gross, 218 tons nett, built by J. & G. Thomson for David MicBrayne’s *' Royal Route.” 'Length B.P. 295', breadth 27', depth 9./. Engines, diag. oscil., 2 eranks, s.c. of 2400 cyls. 53' dia., stroke 5|'. Four o. E. Boilers (navy type), working pressure 55 lbs. Speed 18| knots. Has held the leading world-renowned position as a popular excursion steamer since her first season, now 23 years ago. Last year sho was fitted with haystack toilers in place of her navy typo boilers, this, with other minor changes in the machinery, resulting in her previous high speed being even enhanced. “Lily,” 1880.—Steel Paddle Steamer, 1043 tons gross, 230 tons nett, built by Laird Bros., Birkenhead, for the Holyhead and Dublin Express Service of the L. & N. W. Railway Co. Length 300', breadth mid. 33', depth 15'. Originally fitted with vertl. oseill. jet condensing engines of 3200 H P. ; cyls., 78" dia., stroke, 7'. Eight return tube boilers, 30 lbs. pressure. Speed, 17| knots. In 1894 refitted with triple expansion S.C. steeple engines of 4500 H P., cyls. 44, 70 and 108". stroke 6|' ; 6 loco, boilers, working pressure 150 lbs. Speed 18 k knots. Tliis vessel, representative of the renowned Holyhead packets, was engaged on that route for 19 years, and is still at work on the Liverpool and Douglas (I.O. M.) station. “City of Rome,” 1881.—Iron Screw Steamer, 8453 tons gross, 3687 nett; built by Barrow’Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., for the Glasgow and New York service of the Anchor Line. Length B. P. 541', breadth mid. 52', depth mid. 38' 9". Engines, comp. S.C., cyls. (3) 43" and (3)86", stroke 72", 9 D.E. and 3 S.E. boilers, 85> Iba. pressure. “Parisian,” 1881.—Steel Screw Steamer, 5395 tons gross; built by R. Napier & Sona for the Canadian service of the Allan Line. Length b.p. 440', breadth 46', depth mid. 36' Engines, comp. 3 crank of 6000 I.H.P. Four boilers, 80 lbs. pressure. Speed 15 knots. The introduction of steel in the construction of the “ Buenos Ayrean ” in 1879 having proved highly satisfactory, the same material was employed in building the “Parisian,” which was thus one ot the first of the large mail steamers to be built of “the material of the future. Last year she was reboilered. and her machinery converted to the triple- expansion principle, by Workman, Clark & Co., Belfast.