Name: | CLYDE |
Launched: | 1882 |
Completed: | 02/1883 |
Builder: | T & W Toward, St Lawrence, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 164grt, 56nrt, 116.0 x 20.2 x 10.3ft; (1889: 163grt, 70nrt); (1890: 174grt, 56nrt); |
(1917: 186grt, 130nrt, 115.6 x 20.2 x 10.1ft); (1924: 188grt, 99nrt) | |
Engines: | L1cyl (38 x 58ins), 60nhp; (1917: 2 x oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (5.75 x 7ins), 10nhp) |
Engines by: | George P Hepple, North Shields; (1917: Gleniffer Motors Ltd, Glasgow) |
Propulsion: | Paddle; (1913: Sail, rigged as a Schooner); (1917: 2 x Screws) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 82960 |
History: | |
02/03/1883 | Britannia Steam Shipping Co, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough |
1890 | Thomas McM Heywood, Cardiff |
1892 | James G Bridges, Leith; registered at Leith |
1913 | Matthew Kirton, Newburn-on-Tyne |
1917 | Marine Navigation Co of Canada Ltd, Montreal |
1917 | Registered at Montreal; renamed GARTHCLYDE |
1924 | Mrs Mary M Shove, Hassocks, Sussex; registered at London |
192X | John D Sullivan, Westcliff-on-Sea |
193X | Edith I Gurnett, Grays |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1883: Initially operated as a paddle trawler & later as a tug |
1890: Britannia Steam Shipping Co went into liquidation | |
1913: Engine removed & rigged as a schooner | |
1917: Rebuilt with two auxilliary oil engines | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |