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Jupiter (1937)
Above: Jupiter in the 1950s from
a Post Card issued by the Clyde River Steamer Club. (Gordon Stewart
Collection)
Launched on April 9th, 1937 by
Fairfield Engineering & Shipbuilding Co, Glasgow
Triple expansion 3 cylinder diagonal steam engines, 25, 39 and 61 in
x 60 in stroke
Dimensions : 223'6" x 30'1"
642 Gross Registered
Tonnes
Followed 1930s CSP paddler
design with concealed paddle boxes, but with twin funnels
Designed for railway connection runs with cargo space amidships and
no passenger observation deck above the deck saloons
Early mishaps included ramming Millport pier, hitting yachts off
Hunter's quay and grounding near Brodick
Served during World War II as minesweeper HMS Scawfell at Milford
Haven and Dover
Used as escort ship in the North Sea and an anti-aircraft defence
vessel on the Thames
Attended the Normandy landings in 1944
Returned to Clyde service in February 1946, the first war "returnee"
to do so
Operated the Holy Loch route and later on the Rothesay service from
Gourock and Wemyss Bay
Usually the reserve steamer once the so called "ABC" car ferries were
introduced in 1954
Occasional cruise duties included the "Cumbrae Circle" and excursions
from Ayr and Glasgow
Converted to oil fuel in 1956/7
Surprisingly laid up in 1957 and sold out of the fleet in May 1960,
leaving the Clyde in April 1961 for scrapping in
Dublin
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