The history of steam navigation

by John Kennedy

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• 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]

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