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ROTHSAY CASTLE(1837)
ss ROTHSAY CASTLE
built by Tod & McGregor Glasgow,
Yard No 16
Engines by Shipbuilders
Propulsion: Steam paddle steeple 1cy 92nhp
Built: 1837
Ship Type: Iron Paddle Steamer
Ship's Role: Glasgow-Rothesay service
Tonnage: 180grt 96nrt
Length: 133.8ft
Breadth: 17.0ft
Owner History:
Castles Steam Packet Co, Glasgow
1842 Glasgow Castles Steam Packet Co, Glasgow
1851 Messrs Roxburgh
1851 Henry R Maples & others (Maples & Morris), London
1851 William Denny & Bros, Glasgow
1852 ??
Status: Wrecked - 1852

Remarks:
Operated by Maples & Morris for London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co
1851 departed for Australia under sail
Broke down at Georgetown, Demerara; sold and sooon afterwards wrecked

Previous update by Stuart Cameron

Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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