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Dublin & Glasgow Steam Packet Co / Dublin & Glasgow Sailing & Steam Packet Co

Erin (1826-1834)
Built by W Simons at Greenock.  130 ft : 330 GRT. Sold to the St George Steam Packet Co of Dublin

Scotia (1828-1834)
Built by R Steele & Co at Greenock.  127.3 ft L 185 GRT. Engine Side lever. Sold to the St George Steam Packet Co of Dublin

Arab (1836-1844)
Built in 1835 by Wood & Mills of Bowling for the Clyde Steam Navigation Co.  132.9 ft : 275 GRT. Sold to the North of Scotland Steam Navigation Co

Mercury (1837-1846)
Built in 1835 by H Wood & Co at Port Glasgow for thr Portrush Steam Navigation Co.  132.7 ft.  Engines by Coates & Young of Belfast.

Eagle (1839-1846)
Built in 1835 by R Steele & Co at Greenock for the Glasgow & Liverpool Steam Shipping Co. 164.1 ft : 640 GRT. Engines by Caird & Co of Greenock.  Sold

Vanguard (1843-1863)
Built by Robert Napier at Govan. 182.9 ft : 683 GRT. Sold to the Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Co. Scrapped in 1868

Herald (1851-1861)
Built by J Reid & Co at Port Glasgow. 222 ft : 450 GRT. Engines 2 x side lever by J&G Thomson of Govan. Sold to US Confederate intersts as blockade runner Antonica. Ran ashore and destroyed by Union forces in 1863

Havelock (1858-1862)
Built by J&G Thomson at Govan. 223.2 ft : 629 GRT. Sold and renamed General Beauregard. Beached under Union fire in 1863 at Carolina Beach near Wilmingon. Her remains were still visible (as at 2004)

Lord Clyde (1862-1863)
Built by Caird & Co at Greenock. 237.5 ft : 778 GRT.  Sold to US Confederate interests and renamed Advance.  Taken into the US Navy as USS Frolic. Laid up in 1877 and scrapped in 1883

Lord Gough (1863-1891)
Built by Caird & Co at Greenock.  243.5 ft : 492 GRT.  Engines : 2 cyl oscillating. Scrapped in 1892

Lord Clyde (1864-1889)
Built by Caird & Co at Greenock.  243.2 ft : 705 GRT. Scrapped in 1889

Earl of Carlisle (1864-1884)
Built by Caird & Co at Greenock. 243.2 ft : 705 GRT. Scrapped in 1884

Earl of Dublin, renamed Duke of Edinburgh  (1867-1870)
Built by Robert Duncan & Co at Port Glasgow. 250 ft : 684 GRT. Engine by Rankin & Blackmore of Greenock. Renamed after reconstruction and lengthening following grounding in 1867. Lost in 1870 at Ailsa Craig

Duke of Leinster (1870-1898)
Built by Robert Duncan & Co at Port Glasgow. 250 ft : 673 GRT. Engines oscillation 2 cyl 63 and 63 x 84 in by Blackwood & Gordon of Glasgow. Compounded by A&J Inglis (42 and 72 in x 84 in) in 1880.
Sold to Dublin & Manchester Steam Ship Co in 1898. Damaged in a collision in 1910. Scrapped in 1911

Duke of Argyll (1873-1905)
Built by Robert Duncan & Co at Port Glasgow. 250 ft : 809 GRT. Engines oscillating 63 and 63 x 84 in by Rankin & Blackmore of greenock. Compounded by A&J Inglis (42 and 78 in x 84 in) in 1881. Scrapped in 1905
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