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Barrow Steam Navigation Company : Isle of Man and Northern Ireland Services
The Barrow Steam Navigation Company
ran services from Barrow to the Isle of Man and Belfast. It was owned
by the
Midland railway, the Furness Railway and James Little & Co of Belfast.
It operated the Manxman of 1870 which had been called Antrim until
transferred from the Irish to the Douglas route between 1880 and 1903
and two second-hand paddle steamers, both
on the Barrow to Douglas route. Two larger screw steamers were built
new in the 1890s for the company's Belfast route. In 1907
it was absorbed into the Midland Railway, which operated ferries from
Heysham. By this time, only one paddle steamer was left in the fleet and the Duchess of Buccleugh was soon to be disposed of.
Roe
Built in 1864 by Caird & Co at Greenock
236.6 ft : 559 GRT
2 cyl oscillating simple
Built for the Glasgow-Belfast service of Burns, McIver & Co
Purchased in 1865
Scrapped in 1887
In 1867, the company operated the paddle steamers Talbot and Shelburne ex- Cork & Milford Haven Steamship Co
Talbot later Armagh
Built in 1860 by J. Henderson & Son at Renfrew
233.5 ft : 451 GRT (later 614 GRT)
Engine : Diagonal 44 and 44 in x 60 in
Built for the Cork & Milford Haven Steamship Co
Purchased in 1867
Renamed Armagh in 1873 after lengthening to 263.5 ft : 614 GRT
Scrapped in 1893
Shelburne later Tyrone
Built in 1860 by J. Henderson & Son at Renfrew
450 GRT (later 616 GRT)
Engine : Diagonal 44 and 44 in x 60 in
Built for the Cork & Milford Haven Steamship Co
Purchased in 1867
Renamed Tyrone in 1875 after lengthening to 264.6 ft : 616 GRT
Sold in 1883 for use in India
Donegal
Built in 1865 by Caird & Co at Greenock
241.1 ft : 686 GRT
2 cyl oscillating compounded in 1881 by D&W Henderson at Glasgow
Built for the Glasgow-Belfast service of Burns, McIver & Co as Buffalo
Purchased in 1881
Scrapped in 1897
Londonderry
Built in 1866 by Caird & Co at Greenock
243.2 ft : 701 GRT
2 cyl oscillating 58 and 58 in x 72 in. c
Built for the Glasgow-Belfast service of Burns, McIver & Co as Camel
Purchased in 1881 for the Barrow-Belfast route and renamed Londonderry
Scrapped in 1904
Above : Manxman,
seen in a J Valentine post card (3541 first printed in 1883, three
years after the ship was transferred from the Belfast run) in Douglas
Bay.
Source : imuseum Courtesy of Manx National Heritage. Link
Manxman
Built in 1870 by R Duncan & Co at Port Glasgow
230 ft : 515 GRT (later 266.6 ft : 762 GRT after lengthening by Barrow Shipbuilding Co in 1880)
2 cyl oscillating 48.5 and 48.5 in x 72 in by Rankin & Blackmore at Greenock
Originally on the Barrow - Belfast service as Antrim
Transferred to the Douglas service in 1880 and renamed Manxman
Withdrawn in 1903
Above : Manx Queen (ex
Duchess of Edinburgh of 1880 built for the South Eastern Railway's
Dover-Calais run but found to be inadequate) ran from 1883 to 1907
Photo : Photographer unknown. Source : imuseum Courtesy of Manx National Heritage. Link
Manx Queen
Built in 1880 by J&G Thomson at Clydebank
250.2 ft : 812 GRT as built : lengthened in 1883 to 278.9 ft : 989 GRT
Engines : Compound oscillating 46 and 88 in x 72 in
Above : Duchess
of Buccleugh (ex- Rouen, purchased from the London, Brighton &
South Coast Railway's Newhaven-Dieppe service) ran from 1903 to 1909
Photo : clydeships.co.uk
Duchess of Buccleugh
Built in 1888 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co of Govan
250.6 ft : 838 GRT
Engines : Compound diagonal 46 and 83 in x 72 in
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