Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 66
M. Ships Hecla andHecate, engined in 1838-9, and the first warships built in thedockyards to be sent to Scottish works to receive machinery.8 1 Williamsons Memorials of James Watt (1856), page 228. Greenock Advertiser, July 5th, 1839. Early Marine Engines. 23 And here it may be noted, too, that the… … A SIDE-LEVER ENGINE OF 1831. Greenock, launched in 1849. They also built the first com-pound engines fitted to a French warship. With these navalships and engines we deal in our next Chapter, and may there-fore continue our narrative regarding merchant steamers. 24 The Strongest Built Steamer of…
