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Glen Rosa (1893)
Above : Photo from the Peter Rolf collection reproduced by kind courtesy
Launched on May 31st,
1893 by J & G Thomson of Clydebank
306 Gross Tons
Compound diagonal steam engines, 26 and 55 in x 54 in
Dimensions : 200' x 25'
Purchase price - GBP
17500
Utility steamer used in a variety of roles,
including off-season ferry services to Arran
Her Board of Trade Certificate allowed her to sail as far south as
Stranraer
Unusual design for a Clyde Steamer, with the main deck forward raised
to the level of the mainrail, shared by her sister "Minerva".
Trials completed on June 27th, 1893. Average speed was 17.75
knots
World War I service as a minesweeper in Belfast Lough and off the
Irish coast as HMS Glencross, later moving to Swansea
Returned to make the Fairlie and later Wemyss Bay to Millport and
Kilchattan Bay service her own
Reboilered in 1926 and at the same time the Bridge was moved forward
of the single funnel
Transferred to the CSP in 1938 and laid up at Greenock in the
following year
Sold for scrapping at Dalmuir in August 1939 and dismantled before a
wartime call up might have offered her a reprieve
Above : Glen Rosa off Skelmorlie on 23rd June 1923 sporting the short-lived funnel colours adopted that year on the
amalgamation of the railways. The yellow, red and black funnel was an
attempt to represent the combined fleets of the Caledonian Steam Packet
Company and the London & South Western Railway as part of the
newly-formed London, Midland & Scottish Railway. The two fleets
remained nominally separate under the new structure
Photo by kind courtesy of Alasdair Young. Photographer unknown. Negatives purchased by Alasdair Young
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