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Isle of Cumbrae (1884, ex - Duchess of York, ex - Jeanie
Deans)
Built in 1884 by Barclay, Curle
and Co
Engines : Simple diagonal, 50 x 72 in
Dimensions : 210 ft x 20.1 ft
234 Gross Registered Tons (later
268)
Served the North British out
of Craigendoran from 1884 until 1896 as Jeanie Deans
Fitted with fore and aft deck saloons in 1894
Sold to the Derry and Moville Steam Packet Company - renamed
Duchess of York
Purchased by Mr A Dawson Reid in 1897 and operated by the Clyde
Steamers Ltd
Laid up in 1900 but reboilered for 1901
Purchased by Buchanan Steamers Ltd in June 1904
Renamed Isle of Cumbrae and placed on the Glasgow - Rothesay
run
During World War I her route was curtailed to Dunoon only
From late 1916 she was chartered to the Glasgow and South Western
Railway
Served the GSWR route from Princes Pier to Dunoon
Not used by Buchanan Steamers after the war .
Scrapped at Dumbarton in 1920
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