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ss No 1
built by William Simons & Co Renfrew,
Yard No 107 Engines by shipbuilders
Last Name: HOPPER No 1 (1884)
Propulsion: Steam compound C2cy 35nhp 1scr
Launched: Wednesday, 09/07/1862
Built: 1862
Ship Type: Iron hopper barge
Tonnage: 225grt, 107nrt
Length: 131.5ft
Breadth: 23.4ft
Owner History:
Clyde Navigation Trust , Glasgow
1890 William & George Geen (Geen, Woodhouse & Geen), Newport Mon
1891 Borough of Preston
1902 John Taylor, Workington
1904 Thomas Maxwell, Wexford
Status: Scrapped - 1910
Remarks:
Unregistered
"This humble little vessel may seem insignificant compared to the world class liners and warships built on the Clyde but she has an important place in the River's history and. indeed, in much wider terms.
No 1 was built in 1862, the first of 38 steam propelled hopper barges that the Clyde Navigation built to work with their dredger fleet. No 26 was the last steam propelled hopper but Simon Lobnitz built two diesel powered vessels (No 27 and No 28) just before they finally closed in 1962/63
So the Clyde Navigation owned 40 hopper barges
How come the numbers only went to No 28? Well, from 1892 onwards they started to reuse some names i.e. numbers but only intermittently. So after No 18 came the second No 1 then the second No 3 then came No 19. The second No 2 didn't come along until after No 22 and was immediately followed by the second No 6 before going on to N0 23; And so it continued until there was eventually three No 1s, No3s and No9s, two No2s,No4s, No5s, No6s, No 7s, No8s and No 10s and one of everything else up to No 28.
But this vessel, the first No1, another of Andrew Brown's inventions, was the first of 142 such vessels that Simons built for ports around the globe and she deserves a unique distinction in Clyde history."
Sank at Workington 10/10/1901 while on hire and total loss; wreck sold and salved
Photo supplied by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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