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Side-Wheeled Paddle Steamers
Marquis of Bute
Built in 1868 by
Barclay, Curle and Co
Engines : Simple diagonal 48 in x 60 in
Dimensions : 196.6 ft x 18.1 ft
196 Gross Registered
Tons
Built for A and T
McLean and purchased by Alexander Williamson in 1889
Passed to the GSWR in 1891
Reboilered in 1892
Mainly on the Fairlie - Millport run until 1904
Sold to John Williamson, for whom she did not sail on the Clyde
Chartered and eventually sold to interests on Belfast Lough (J Gordon at Newry) in 1907
Sailed for D Monk on the Ribble at Preston before she was
scrapped in 1908
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