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PS
Meg Merrilies (1883)
Launched on
April 21st, 1883 by Barclay, Curle and Co at Glasgow
Engines : Simple diagonal 2 - cylinder of 43 and 43 in x 60 in
Engines compounded in 1898 by A & J Inglis - 24 and 43 in x 60
in
Dimensions : 210.3 ft x 21.4 ft
244 Gross Registered
Tons
Rejected by the
North British SP after one season due to her speed being
inadequate
Resold by Barclay, Curle to Captain Bob Campbell for his Holy Loch
service
Reboilered for the 1888 season, appearing with one funnel in place of
two as built
Transferred to the CSP in December 1888 with the goodwill of the
Campbell business
Reboilered again in 1893 and 1897, 1898 and 1900
Engines compounded in 1898
Sold in 1902 for service at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil as PS Maua
Scrapped in
1921
Bibliography
Classic
Scottish Paddle Steamers
Alan J S Paterson
Published in 1982 by David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Brunel
House, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
ISBN 0-7153-8335-3
Clyde story told through extended histories of twelve representative
steamers
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Captain Robert Campbell
Caledonian Steam Packet Co
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Brazil : Rio de Janeiro and region