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Columba
View published as a Post Card in
the 1960s by the Clyde River Steamer Club (Gordon Stewart
Collection)
Built in 1878 by J
& G Thomson at Clydebank
Engines : Simple Oscillating, two cylinders : 53 in x 66 in
Dimensions : 301.4 ft x 27.1 ft.
602 Gross Registered Tonnes
Regarded as the most
famous and luxurious "Clyde Steamer"
An early steel-hulled vessel and at 301 ft, the largest Clyde steamer
of her time
Operated the Glasgow to Ardrishaig service as part of MacBraynes
"Royal Route" to Oban
Reboilered in 1900
Sold after the 1935 season and broken up at Dalmuir
Columba at Rothesay in a photo by kind courtesy of Hamish Coutts ABIPP
Columba approaching Rothesay in a photo by kind courtesy of Hamish Coutts
ABIPP
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