PS Isle of Arran
1892 The ISLE OF ARRAN was built in 1892 by T. B. Seath and Co, Rutherglen, and formerly ran on the Glasgow- Arran service. She had a single cylinder—52 inches by 60 inches—engine of 161 n.h.p., steam being supplied by one "haystack" boiler. Dimensions, 210 feet long by 24.1 feet beam by 7.4 feet. Gross tonnage 313.
In 1933, the Clyde Steamer ISLE OF ARRAN was bought from the Williamson-Buchanan Steamers, and made her inaugural trip on 5th June, 1933, from the Tower Pier to round the Nore Lightship.
The ISLE OF ARRAN ran trips to Herne Bay, on Sundays to Margate, and twice weekly a tour of the London Docks under the aegis of the Port of London Authority.
For some time her appearance was quite different from that of the EAGLES, the funnel being painted red with a black top, the lifeboats white, the hull grey—brown below the water line. With the commencement of the 1934 season, the funnel was cream colour with a black top, and the hull was painted black.
At the close of die 1936 season she was sold to T. W. Ward and Co. for scrapping.
See Also
Sources of Information
- 'Steamers of the Thames and Medway' by Frank Burtt