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Glasgow Castle Steam Packet Co (to 1846) 
Originally the Castle Steam Packet Co, established in 1815 to serve Glasgow and Rothesay and later extended to Loch Fyne. It became the Glasgow Castles Steam Packet Company in 1842. It was taken over by G&J Burns in 1846 and the vessels vested in the Glasgow & Liverpool Shipping Co, one of their companies.
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Above : PS Inveraray Castle (1839) built by Tod & McGregor : seen in a post card published by W Robertson & Co and kindly supplied from the collection of Mr M G Brown

Dumbarton Castle (1815-1819)
Rothsay Castle (1816-1817, became Rothsay Castle Steamboat Co)
Toward Castle (1822-1826, became Toward Castle Steamboat Co)
Dunoon Castle (1832*, built in 1826 ex- Dunoon Castle Steamboat Co)
Windsor Castle (1832-)
Arran Castle (1832-1843, built in 1830 ex- Arran Castle SP Co)
Tarbert Castle (1836-1838, sold)
Rothesay Castle (1837*)
Windsor Castle (1838-1844, sold to Firth of Tay - Edinburgh & Dundee SP Co)
Inveraray Castle (1839*)
Duntroon Castle (1842*)
Cardiff Castle (1844*)
Craignish Castle (1844*)
Edinburgh Castle (1844*)
Windsor Castle (1845-1845, hull broken up and engines used in Dunrobin Castle)
Dunrobin Castle (1846*)

Taken over on purchase of the Glasgow Castle Steam Packet Co by G&J Burns in 1846

Sold in 1851 to Wm Denny & Bros for resale

Dunoon Castle (Sold in 1851, used on the Clyde until 1856)
Rothesay Castle (Sold in 1851 to Wm Denny Bros and disposed of after a year in use by Brighton & Continental SP Co)
Inveraray Castle (Sold, to Glasgow & Loch Fyne Steamship Co. The ship and company was later acquired by Hutcheson in 1857)
Cardiff Castle (Sold in 1851 to Wm Denny & Bros. Used on the Clyde until 1868)
Craignish Castle (Sold in 1851, reportedly used in Surinam)
Edinburgh Castle (*)
Dunrobin Castle (Sold in 1851 to Wm Denny & Bros. Sold for use in St Petersburg, Russia and later in Azerbaijan)

Taken over by David Hutcheson 

Duntroon Castle
Edinburgh Castle


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