| Name: | ADMIRAL launched as NEPTUNE |
| Launched: | 02/06/1886 |
| Completed: | 09/1886 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 407 |
| Dimensions: | 111grt, 20nrt, 100.7 x 19.3 x 9.3ft; (by 1891: 121grt, 31nrt); (by 1900: 121grt, 11nrt) |
| Engines: | L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 50nhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89824 |
| History: | |
| 20/09/1886 | William Hepple, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
| 20/09/1886 | John Steel, Glasgow (Steel & Bennie, Glasgow); registered at Glasgow |
| 1903 | Steel & Bennie Ltd, Glasgow |
| 01/1910 | James Gash, Greenock |
| 1910 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 09/1886: Trading as the Glasgow & Greenock Steamboat Co |
| 25/12/1909: Beached after a collision with TITIAN at Greenock | |
| 16/02/1910: Re-floated and taken to Greenock Mid Harbour | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo is copyright of the Clyde Shiplovers Collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Wednesday, 08/09/1886
Greenock Telegraph, Monday, 27/12/1909
Daily Record, Thursday, 17/02/1910