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Jupiter (1896)
Launched on March
21st 1896 by J and G Thomson at Clydebank
Engines : Compound diagonal, 30.5 and 65 in x 60 in
Dimensions : 230 ft x 28.1 ft
394 Gross Registered
Tons
Ran on the
Ardrossan via Arran and the Kyles service from Greenock
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and as Jupiter II went to Dover as a
minesweeper
On returning from war service she became associated with a variety of
cruise destinations
From 1934 she undertook the Wemyss Bay - Millport run
Sold in December 1935 for breaking by Wards at
Barrow
Return to:
Glasgow and South
Western Railway
LMS
British Paddle Steamer
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