Reflections on the melancholy catastrophe, occasioned by the loss of the steam-boat Comet, off Kempoch Point, October 21st, 1825 : by which about sixty-five persons were drowned.
Calman, Archibald M.,former owner.StEdNL
Greenock : Printed at the Columbian Press. Sold by W. Scott, Greenock; G. Gallie, Glasgow; A. Black, Edinburgh; and Lusk & Co., Inverness,
1825.
This was the second steam vessel to be built with this name, in 1821. The sinking of the boat after colliding with the "Ayr" was a major news story.
This was the second steam vessel to be built with this name, in 1821. The sinking of the boat after colliding with the "Ayr" was a major news story.
Manuscript signature at the head of the title page "Arch. M. Calman Degnis[??] 1826[?]".
Comet (Steamboat)
Shipwrecks
Scotland Greenock.