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PS Lady Clare
Launched on June 24th 1891 by J McArthur and Co at Paisley
Engines : Simple diagonal, 44 x 60 in by Hutson and Corbett
Dimensions : 180.5 ft x 19.3 ft
257 Gross Registered Tons

Another smaller vessel for the North British SP’s Gareloch service
From 1895 was often seen on the Craigendoran - Greenock ferry connection
Sold in 1906 to the Moville Steamship Company for service on Lough Foyle
Spent the First World War as a minesweeper at Belfast
Scrapped at Dumbarton in 1928

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