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Neptune
Launched on March 10th
1892 by Napier, Shanks and Bell at Yoker
Engines : Compound diagonal, 33 and 62 in x 60 in by D Rowan and
Son
Dimensions : 220.5 ft x 26 ft
378 Gross Registered tons
The first new build for
the new GSWR steamer service
Initially put on the Arran run in succession to Scotia pending the
arrival of Glen Sannox
Went to Greenock later in 1892 to compete with the new CSP operation
at Gourock
Neptune and sister ship Mercury took the GSWR sailings to Rothesay
and the Kyles
With the arrival of PS Jupiter, she became a cruise vessel
With
Stranraer on the cruise schedule she was revised for potential choppy
seas by replacing the forward windows (and some near the paddles) in
the main deck lounge with port holes
Reboilered in 1912, with
a thicker funnel being fitted. Deckhouses were placed over the
main deck companionways on the promenade deck.
Requisitioned for minesweeping duties at Dover during World War I as
HMS Nepaulin
Mined and sunk on April 20th, 1917
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