200 Years Of Clyde Pleasure Steamers
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200 Years Of Clyde Pleasure Steamers
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Author : Alistair Deayton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-07-15
200 Years Of Clyde Pleasure Steamers written by Alistair Deayton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-15 with Transportation categories.
In August 1812, two centuries ago, the River Clyde would see a transport revolution - one that would change the economy of the river for ever. A Helensburgh hotel owner began to operate Europe's first ever commercial steam ship from Glasgow to Greenock. No longer would ships be dependent on the tide or the wind. The Comet, as his ship was known, had been built by John Wood, of Port Glasgow, and was fitted with paddle wheels. Her first voyage from Glasgow to Greenock was made at about 5mph against a headwind. Advertised to sail on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Glasgow, the Comet operated the first scheduled steamship service in Europe. It was the start of a revolution that would see the Clyde as the greatest shipbuilding river in the world, and the river's estuary as a haven for pleasure steamers and puffers calling at the remote loch-side piers and inlets. Companies such as David MacBrayne's and the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. would be formed to operate steamers far and wide, a legacy kept alive today by the Paddle Steamer Waverley. Alistair Deayton and Iain Quinn take us through the two centuries of Clyde paddle steamers, illustrating the most famous, such as the Columba, Jeanie Deans and Waverley, illustrating not just the ships themselves but the piers they sailed from, from Rothesay to Helensburgh and from Loch Goil to Loch Long.
Directory Of Clyde Paddle Steamers
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Author : Alistair Deayton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08-30
Directory Of Clyde Paddle Steamers written by Alistair Deayton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-30 with Paddle steamers categories.
The first book to have every Clyde paddle steamer listed in detail.
Clyde Pleasure Steamers
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Author : Ian McCrorie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Clyde Pleasure Steamers written by Ian McCrorie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Excursion boats categories.
Clyde Pleasure Steamers Illustrations Of The Best Known Clyde Steamers With Descriptive Matter Etc Reprinted From Glasgow Evening Citizen
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Author : Clyde Pleasure Steamers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 193?
Clyde Pleasure Steamers Illustrations Of The Best Known Clyde Steamers With Descriptive Matter Etc Reprinted From Glasgow Evening Citizen written by Clyde Pleasure Steamers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 193? with categories.
Clyde Pleasure Steamers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Clyde Pleasure Steamers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Paddle steamers categories.
By Steamer To The Argyllshire Coast
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Author : Alistair Deayton
language : en
Publisher: By Steamer to the
Release Date : 2013-11-12
By Steamer To The Argyllshire Coast written by Alistair Deayton and has been published by By Steamer to the this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Transportation categories.
From the dawn of steamer travel, people were taking day trips to the coast. Alistair Deayton tells the story of steamers to the Argyllshire coast.
By Steamer To The Ayrshire Coast
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Author : Alistair Deayton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09-26
By Steamer To The Ayrshire Coast written by Alistair Deayton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Steamboats categories.
From the dawn of steamer travel, people were taking day trips to the coast. Alistair Deayton tells the story of steamers to the Ayrshire coast. A nostalgic look at trips doon the watter.
Clyde Steamers At A Glance With Illustrations
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Author : John MARSHALL (Writer on Steamers.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Clyde Steamers At A Glance With Illustrations written by John MARSHALL (Writer on Steamers.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with categories.
Steamers Of The Clyde
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Author : Alistair Deayton
language : en
Publisher: Tempus
Release Date : 2003-07
Steamers Of The Clyde written by Alistair Deayton and has been published by Tempus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07 with Transportation categories.
Alistair Deayton takes us on another tour of Clyde pleasure steamers, looking at the ships of Williamson Buchanan and Turbine Steamers Ltd, two of the major independent players on the Clyde. The Williamson-Buchanan steamers served the routes 'doon the watter' from the centre of Glasgow to the Clyde Coast resorts, whilst the ships of Turbine Steamers covered long-distance day excursions to Inveraray and Campbeltown. The book also includes the steamers of the Lochgoil Company and the two magnificent paddle steamers called the Lord of the Isles. From Arran to Rothesay and all ports in between, we're taken on a nostalgic trip back to the days when steam was King on the Clyde and when you could travel from Arran to Glasgow in less than two hours. A special chapter is given to the development of the White Funnel turbines, which saw the world's first steam-turbine-powered passenger ship, King Edward, sail on the Clyde.
Clyde Steamers
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09
Clyde Steamers written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by University-Press.org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Clyde steamer, PS Caledonia (1934), PS Comet, PS Duchess of Montrose, PS Iona, PS Jeanie Deans, PS Maid of the Loch, PS Waverley, RMS Columba, TS Duchess of Hamilton, TS Duchess of Montrose, TS King Edward, TS King George V, TS Queen Alexandra, TS Queen Mary. Excerpt: TS King Edward was an excursion steamer built at Dumbarton for service down the River Clyde to the Firth of Clyde and associated sea lochs on the west coast of Scotland, as far as Campbeltown. The first commercial vessel to be driven by steam turbines, King Edward was remarkably successful for a prototype, serving as a Clyde steamer for half a century from 1901 until 1951, interrupted only by service in the two world wars. The success of the vessel quickly led to the adoption of turbine propulsion for all manner of merchant vessels, from channel ferries and coastal steamers to transatlantic liners. In 1803 the Charlotte Dundas showed the practicality of steam power for marine use, and in 1812 Henry Bell's PS Comet began the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe, sailing on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Helensburgh. Others soon followed, and by mid century a large fleet of Clyde steamers competed for holiday and excursion traffic down the River and Firth of Clyde. By the end of the century paddle steamers had reached a peak of design, with a maximum economic operating speed of around 19 knots (35 km/h), but speed was at a premium, particularly on the longer routes such as sailings from Glasgow to Inveraray and Campbeltown. Up to this time, vessels had been powered by reciprocating steam engines. Steam was generated by boilers, and piped to cylinders wherein it drove pistons, the back-and-forth motion of which was converted to rotary motion by connecting rods. Early vessels were driven by paddle wheels, but at mid-century...