Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
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9 ft., and depth, moulded, 14 ft. 6 in. She hadvarious improvements in her machinery, which was of 60nominal horse-power. She left Scotts yard in May, 1820,and made the voyage to Howth (200 miles), in 26^ hours. Millar, On the Rise and Progress of Steam Navigation. Lecturesat the Glasgow Exhibition… … te: fc. OCO H►—i Q HIt! H Early Mediterranean Steamers. 21 Thus the Scotts continued to improve on each successiveship, and to widen the area of their influence. The Clydecontinued to largely monopolise the industry of steamshipbuilding, and it was not until the summer of 1822that a steamer—not…
