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Blackwater River, Ireland
Youghal & Blackwater Tourist Steamship Co.
Services between Youghal and Cappoquin on the Blackwater River
Ness Queen (1896-1903)
Built in 1882 by Robert J Blyth of Great Yarmouth
Originally - 94.5 ft x 14.2 ft : 65 GT - Lengthened by Blackwood & Gordon of Greenock in 1895 to 102.5 ft - 82 GT
Engine : Compound Diagonal 17 x 29,5 in x 30 in by HE Wright
Built for service between Great Yarmouth and Norwich by the builder and named Jumbo
Withdrawn after the 1887 season
Sold to J Spicer of Gravesend and offered sailings in the Ramsgate area in 1888 as New Undaunted
In 1889 she was bought for service on the Firth of Forth by John Arthur of South Queensferry
In 1893 she has been bought by William Black of Inverness and sailed on the Cromarty Firth
In 1895 she was sold on to The Ness Steam Shipping Company and renamed Ness Queen
Chartered to the Youghal & Blackwater Steamboat Co, serving from 1896 until the end of the 1903 sailing season
Taken to Greenock under tow in 1904 and sold for scrapping at Scotstoun in 1906
Dartmouth Castle (1907-1913)
Built in 1885 by Harvey & Co at Hayle
100 ft x 13 ft : 59 GT
Built for Tolman and Punchard for service on the River Dart
Sold for use on the Blackwater River in 1907
Scrapped in 1913
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