The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

STEAM-BOAT BUILDING ON THE CLYDE.

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The " Engineer," which ran during a portion of last year,
has been lengthened and improved, and is a remarkably
fine vessel. The " Superb" has also been lengthened, and
so improved as to entitle it to rank among the new vessels
of the season. A beautiful new steamer named the " ki- vincible" was lately launched, and is now plying on the
Largs and Millport station. Three new steamers for ail
Castle Company are expected to be ready shortly, and
will no doubt sustain the high reputation which " the
Castles" have so long enjoyed. At Paisley there are Is°
fewer than four new steamers in course of erection. Two
of these are intended to ply in connection with the Green-
ock Railway—the one to Helensburgh, and the other
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Rothsay ; the third is to run in conjunction with the Lad,:
Baisbane and the Lady Kelburne on the Largs station:
and the fourth is a small pleasure yacht. for Lord Eels!:
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ton. Two other steam pleasure yachts are erecting else
where—one of them by Messrs. Thomas Wingate au_c
Co., to be fitted up with the screw-propeller; the ottg,
by Mr. Robert Napier, for Ashton Smith, Esq. late M. ri;.
on the ordinary principle. The spirited firm of Mess_nr 0
fid Thomsonfinished
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" Dolphin.". We hear also of a'fine steamer being nes` cl
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station for which is not yet 'fixed, to
intended to ply upon Lochlomond. Thlsi
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steamers on Lochlomond this season ; and as they ziot
owned, we believe, by rival companies, the public 1,:i.1e,
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Mr. William Napier is building two small steam-tugs ifs
instead of paddles. In addition to the steamers which its
have enumerated, a number of large steam-ships eat
progress. Among these may be mentioned a maguiqr;
vessel built by Mr. Steel, Greenock, the engines by ,iii,'
Robert Napier, to supply the place of the " Coluu?:',o
of Scottish /asp(
in the Liverpool and Boston trade, and to be called.,, is
believe, by the same name. The " City of Lund° with
another fine steam-ship in the course of erection ! _ its
the exception of the ' Great Britain," the latter be
the largest vessel ever built of iron-she is to run etit
tween Aberdeen and London. Three large Goverfwbwel
mail-packets are being built and fitted out by Mr • _und,
Napier, at Govan : their names are the " Bloodlv_ier'S
the "Jackal," and the ''Lizard." In Mr. Napc, for
building-yard there is also an iron gun-brig ere Seer
the Indian GoNernrnent, The same eminent e nag?.
lately completed the " Dundalk," a magnific„ool
for the Ardrossan and Fleetwou 'IV
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firm are building by Messrs. Tod and M'Grego
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Tstweaomlearr,genovwesspellysing between Dundalk and Lirrcists.-
firm are likewise engaged on a large vessel to ply, was ou
fewer than from twenty to thirty steamers—some
__aate _
of heavy tonnage—and representing a vast aggr_"cours'
capital—either lately completed, or at present In
lieve, between Liverpool and Belfast. Thereare toifl theft
of erection on the Clyde.—Citizen.