INDEX.
- Aaron Manby (1822), first iron steamboat, [39]
- Abbé Arnal and Marquis de Jouffroy (1781), [8]
- Accommodation, first Canadian steamboat, [9]
- Achilles (Holt Line), Remarkable steaming powers of, [136]
- Adelaide Steamship Co., Limited, [315]
- Adriatic (Collins Line), [114]
- African Steamship Co., [167]
- Alaska (Guion Line), [111]
- Alaska (ex Farralones, ex Massachusetts), [92]
- Albion (1816), Clyde Steampacket, [29]
- Allan, James (Messrs. Wilcox & Anderson), [49]
- Allan Line, [147]
- America (National Line), [109]
- Ancient Briton (1816), [24]
- Arctic (Collins Line), [95]
- Arctic (Collins Line), Loss of, [101]
- Argyle (1813), re-named Thames, [12]
- Arizona (Guion Line), [112]
- Asia (Cunard Line), [98]
- Atalanta (1836), [49]
- Atlantic (Collins Line), [95], [96]
- Bacon (John), Limited, [315]
- Baltic (Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co.), [55]
- Baltic (Collins Line), [95]
- Belfast, First steamer to and from Greenock and, [26]
- Belfast, First steamer to and from Liverpool and, [33]
- Belfast Steampacket Co., established, [40]
- Bell, Henry, present at Mr. Miller’s experiments in 1789, [6]
- —— gives Fulton the plans of the Charlotte Dundas, 1803, [6]
- —— employs the steamer Comet on the Clyde, 1812, [11]
- —— Clyde Trustees grant Annuity to, [12]
- —— —— Erect Obelisk in memory of, [12]
- Berenice (1836), [49]
- Bibby Bros. & Co., founded 1807, [56]
- Bibby Line, [203]
- Birmingham (City of Dublin Co.) brings news of defeat of Don Miguel, [64]
- Bourne, Messrs., establish steamship service to the Peninsula, [49]
- Britannia, pioneer Cunard Liner, [92]
- Britannia (1815), Clyde Steampacket, [27]
- Britannia (1815), Season tickets issued for, [29]
- British and African Steam Navigation Co., Limited, [170]
- British and Irish Steampacket Co., Limited, [195]
- British India Steam Navigation Co., [55]
- British Queen Steam Navigation Co., [70]
- British Queen (steamship), [71]
- Burmah (British India Co.), [56]
- Burns, G. and J., commence business as steamship owners, [42]
- —— first steamer Ayr, 1825, [43]
- —— despatch steamer Fingal, Glasgow to Belfast, 1826, [43]
- —— enter the Liverpool and Glasgow trade, 1829, [43]
- —— sell their West Highland steamers, 1851, [43]
- —— joint founders of the Cunard Line, 1840, [78]
- Burton, R. and Sons, Limited, [316]
- Bussorah (British India Co.), [56]
- Calcutta, Loss of, [55]
- Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co., [55]
- Caledonia, Clyde Steampacket, [27]
- Caledonia, Clyde Steampacket (Quotation from “Life of Watt”), [29]
- Caledonian Railway Co., [154]
- Canadian Pacific Railway Co., [150]
- Cape of Good Hope, Loss of, [55]
- Car of Commerce (1813), [10]
- Cattle ventilators on steamers suggested, 1820, [35]
- Charlotte Dundas (1803), [5]
- City of Cork, first Irish steamboat, [13]
- City of Dublin (1823), pioneer steamer of the City of Dublin Co., [40]
- City of Dublin Steampacket Co., established 1823, [40]
- —— establish regular steampacket service between England, Ireland and France, 1827, [44]
- —— History of, [179]
- City of Glasgow (Inman Line), [106]
- Clermont, first passenger steamer in the world, [7]
- —— Eye witness’s account of first passage of, [7]
- —— Wilful attempts to destroy, [8]
- Collins Line, [94]
- Colombo (P. & O. Liner), [53]
- Comet, first European passenger steamer, [11]
- —— Advertised by Henry Bell, [12]
- —— Dimensions of, [12]
- —— Amusing anecdote relating to, [12]
- Conde de Patmella, probably the first steamer to cross the Atlantic from Europe, [35]
- Cork Steamship Co., Limited, [207]
- Cunard, Samuel, crosses the Atlantic in the Liverpool, [78]
- —— tenders for British and North American Mail Service, [78]
- —— conjointly with Messrs. Burns & MacIver, founds the Cunard Line, [78]
- Cunard Line founded in 1840, [78]
- —— obtains Mail Contract, Halifax, New York and Bermuda, [94]
- —— History of, [221]
- Defiance (1815), Thames Steampacket, [13], [23]
- De Garay (1543), Alleged invention by, [2]
- Dodd, Captain, [17]
- Dominion Line, [150]
- Dublin and Liverpool Steam Navigation Co., established 1824, [40]
- —— purchased by City of Dublin Co., [41]
- Dumbarton Castle, Clyde Steampacket, [27]
- —— sails round Ailsa Craig, 1816, [30]
- —— sails round North of Scotland, 1819, [30]
- Eastern Steam Navigation Co., [119]
- Elder, Dempster & Co., [90], [151], [161]
- Emerald (Turbine S.Y.), [158]
- Enterprise, first steamer from England to Calcutta, [43], [47], [48]
- Erin (1826), [44]
- Etna, first steam ferry boat between Liverpool and Tranmere, [24]
- Farralones, ex Massachusetts, re-named Alaska, [92]
- Fenella (Ardrossan and Fleetwood Steamer), [116]
- Ferret, Remarkable history of steamer, [137]
- Fitch, Mr. (1783), uses steam boilers on American Rivers, [4]
- Fletcher, Woodhill & Co., [316]
- Flinn, Main and Montgomery, [150]
- Franco-Algerian Expedition, Steamers chartered for, [63]
- George Canning (1825), and the Rival Steampacket, [42]
- Glasgow Steampackets in 1815, [27]
- —— in 1818, [31]
- Glasgow Steampacket passenger fares, 1818, [31]
- Glasgow and South Western Railway Co., [154]
- Golden Age (steamship), [131]
- Great Britain (steamship), in the Atlantic trade, [81]
- —— in the Australian trade, [129]
- Great Central Railway Co., [155]
- Great Eastern Steam Navigation Co., [119]
- Great Eastern (steamship), [119]
- Great Eastern Railway Co., [156]
- Great Liverpool, ex Liverpool, [51]
- Great Western Steamship Co., [71]
- Great Western (steamship), [71]
- Great Western Railway Co., [153]
- Guion Line, [110]
- Harrison, T. and J., [316]
- Hero (steam yacht), [39]
- Hibernia (1816), first steamer between England (Holyhead) and Ireland (Howth), [26]
- Himalaya (P. & O. Liner), [53]
- Hindostan (P. & O. Liner), [52]
- Holt Line, [134]
- Houlder Line, [244]
- Houston Line, [237]
- Hugh Lindsay (East India Co.’s steamer), [48]
- Hulls, Jonathan (1736), first patentee of a steamboat, [2]
- Hutcheson, David, & Co., [43]
- Imperial Direct West India Service, Limited, [90]
- —— History of, [175]
- India, first steamer with Indian produce via Suez Canal, [56]
- Industry (1813), Clyde Steampacket, [12], [16]
- Inman Line, [106]
- Inman, William, [107]
- Irish steamers, [13]
- Johnston, Lieut. (1822), [45]
- Kennaugh, W. S. and Co., [317]
- King Edward (Turbine Steamer), [157]
- Laird, Alex. A., [37]
- Laird Line, [29], [37], [251]
- Lamport and Holt, [317]
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co., [153]
- Langlands Line, [261]
- Lardner, Dr., on steam communication with America, [68]
- Leeds, pioneer steamer between Belfast, Dublin and Bordeaux, [44]
- Leviathan (see Great Eastern), —
- Lightning (one of the first steamships in the British Navy), [40]
- Lindsay, W. S., author and shipowner, [134]
- Little, James, & Co., [268]
- Liverpool (see also Great Liverpool), [76]
- Liverpool (first steamer ever seen on the Mersey), [15]
- Liverpool steamers highly commended in Parliamentary Report, 1822, [39]
- Liverpool and Kingstown Mail Service established, [44]
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Co., [152]
- London and North Western Railway Co., [153]
- London and South Western Railway Co., [153]
- Lord Blaney, Mutiny on board, Loss of, [64]
- MacBrayne, Mr. David, partner in David Hutcheson & Co., [43]
- MacBrayne’s West Highland Steamers, [275]
- MacIver, David, & Co., [282]
- MacIver’s Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers, [287]
- McKean, McLarty and Lamont, [147]
- McKinnon, Frew & Co., [55]
- Majestic (1816), Thames Steampacket, [23]
- Malcomson Bros., [113]
- Margaret (first screw steamer belonging to Hull), Loss of, [65]
- Marjory (1815), Thames Steampacket, [13]
- Massachusetts (Auxiliary steamer), [91]
- Miller, Patrick (Banker), 1780 to 1788, [4]
- —— builds a triple vessel propelled by manual labour, [4]
- —— launches (1788) a twin steamboat on Dalswinton Loch, [5]
- —— places (1789) a larger steamboat on the Forth and Clyde Canal, [5]
- Miller dies (1815) having exhausted his fortune by experiments, [6]
- Mooltan (P. & O. Liner), [54]
- Morning Star (1819), Extraordinary accident to, [34]
- Napier, David, [25]
- —— establishes steampacket service between Greenock and Belfast, [26]
- National Line, [108]
- Nelson, H. and W., Limited, [318]
- Neptune (steamship), [117]
- Newcomen, Thomas (1705), [2]
- North British Railway Co., [155]
- Norwegian Grace Darling, A, [117]
- Oregon (Guion Line), [112]
- Oriental (P. & O. Liner), [51]
- Orion, Loss of steamer, [115]
- Pacific (Collins Line), Loss of, [100]
- Pacific, first Mail Steamer between Liverpool and Valparaiso, [60]
- Pacific Steam Navigation Co., [58]
- Papin (1681), [2]
- Parana (Malcomson Bros. Line), [113]
- Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., established 1834, [49]
- —— title changed to P. & O. Steam Navigation Co., 1838, [51]
- —— history of Company, [49]
- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (see Peninsular Steam Navigation Co.), [49]
- Peru, pioneer steamer of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co., [59]
- President, Loss of Steamship, [76]
- Portugal, Civil war in, [63]
- Quebec (early Canadian steamboat), [10]
- Queen (Turbine steamer), [158]
- Queen Alexandra (Turbine steamer), [158]
- Rea, R. and J. H., [319]
- Regent (1816), Description of, [23]
- —— destroyed by fire, [24]
- Regulator (1818), early Liverpool and Tranmere Ferry steamer, [25]
- Robert Bruce (1819), first Liverpool and Glasgow steamer, [34]
- Robert Lowe (Auxiliary screw steamer), [134]
- Rob Roy, first steamer between Greenock and Belfast, [26]
- Rothesay Castle (1816), Clyde Steampacket, [30]
- Royal Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. (Galway Line), [112]
- Royal Charter (Auxiliary Steamship), [132]
- Royal Ferdinand (1817), first steamer built in Spain, [25]
- Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., [84]
- Royal Tar, pioneer steamer of the Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., [49]
- Royal William (City of Dublin Co.), first Liverpool and New York Liner, [73]
- Royal William (of Quebec), first vessel to cross the Atlantic by steam power only, [70]
- Savannah (Auxiliary steamship), [32]
- Savory, Thomas, [2]
- Scotland, first foreign vessel to load at Shanghai, [134]
- Season Contract Tickets (1816), issued per steamers, [29]
- Sellers, John S., [320]
- Sirius, first passenger steamer from Europe to America, [71]
- Siberian Steamers, The first two, [25]
- Sligo Steam Navigation Co., [290]
- Snake (1820), first Indian steamer, [35]
- Sophia Jane, first steamer from England to Australia, [129]
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway Co., [152]
- St. George (Steampacket), [37]
- St. George Steam Packet Co., established, [37]
- St. George Steam Packet Co., re-constructed 1844, [39]
- St. Patrick (Steampacket), [37]
- Suez Canal opened by Empress Eugenie, 1869, [54]
- Swift (1825), Extraordinary advertisement by owners of, [41]
- Swiftsure (1813), Canadian Steampacket, [10]
- Symington, William, [5]
- Taylor (1780 to 1788) suggests steam power to Mr. Miller, [4]
- Telica, first steamer on the Pacific, [58]
- Thames, ex Argyle (1813), [12]
- —— London “Times,” Notice of, [13]
- —— Description of, [16]
- —— narrative of voyage from Glasgow to London, [17]
- Tod and MacGregor (shipbuilders), [106]
- Tourist (1821), [35]
- Trent r.m.s., Arrest of confederate Commissioner on board of, [90]
- Triton (1820), Havre and Rouen Steamer, [35]
- Turbinia, first Turbine Steamer, [157]
- Tyrer, Henry and Co, [320]
- Valentia Transatlantic Steam Navigation Co., [67]
- Vesta collides with Collins Liner Arctic, [101]
- Victorian, first Transatlantic Turbine Steamship, [149]
- Waghorn, Lieut., [48]
- Waterford Steamship Co., Limited, [293]
- Waterloo (1819), first Liverpool Cross-Channel Steamer, [33]
- Wesewelodsky, Mr. (1817) builds two steamers in Siberia, [25]
- White Star Line, [300]
- Wilcox and Anderson, [49]
- Wm. Fawcett (1829), Steampacket, [50]
- Wm. Wheelwright, promoter of steam navigation in the Pacific, [58]
- Yorkshireman (1823), first steamer from Hull to the Continent, [39]
C. TINLING AND CO., PRINTERS, VICTORIA STREET, LIVERPOOL.