Paddle Steamer Resources by
Tramscape
Firth
of Clyde,
Scotland
London
Midland & Scottish
Railway
The
amalgamation of Britain's various private railways into four main
groups took place in 1923 and included merging the oprations of the
two companies (Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western) which had
competed fiercely from piers on the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire coast.
The vessels of the G&SWR had been directly railway-owned and were
transferred directly to the new LMS. The parliamentary powers granted
to the G&SWR were less extensive than those to the Caledonian
Steam Packet Company which had operated as a subsidiary of it's
railway parent, yet after 1923, the LMS and CSP fleets remained
separately registered. This situation, which did not allow LMS boats
to visit certain parts of the Firth, especially the longer-haul
cruise destinations, remained unchanged until the LMS boats were
re-registered with CSP shortly before the Second World War. The LMS
was absorbed into the nationalised British Railways in
1948.
Vessels transferred from
the Glasgow & South Western Railway in
1923
PS
Glen Sannox (I)
PS Mercury (I)
PS Glen Rosa
PS Jupiter (I)
PS Juno (I)
TS Atalanta
New Build 1923 -
1938
TS Glen Sannox (II)
PS Mercury (II)
Vessels
transferred to the Caledonian Steam Packet Company : Glen Rosa, Glen
Sannox (II), Mercury (II)
Note : For details about turbine steamers (designated TS),
please go to our associated website : Clyde
Turbine Steamer Foundation
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