"Albyn", from Alba, the Scots Gaelic name for Scotland
Owner
Belfast and County Down Railway (1893–99);[1]
Alexander Campbell (1899–1900)[1]
P&A Campbell (1900–1921)[1]
Operator
B&CDR (1893–99);[1]
P&A Campbell (1900–1915);[1]
Royal Navy (1915–17)[1]
Port of registry
Builder
J&G Thomson[1]
Launched
20 May 1893[1]
In service
20 June 1893[2]
Fate
Scrapped 1921[1]
General characteristics
Type
passenger ferry
Tonnage
341 GRT,[1]
360 GRT[2] or 363 GRT[4]
Length
200 ft (61 m)[3]
Beam
25 ft (7.6 m)[3]
Draught
9 ft (2.7 m)[3]
Propulsion
side paddles powered by two compound diagonal steam engines.[3] High pressure cylinders 26 inches (660 mm) bore x 54 inches (1,400 mm) stroke; low pressure cylinders 55 inches (1,400 mm) bore x 54 inches (1,400 mm) stroke.[4]
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[3]
PS Slieve Donard was a United Kingdom passenger paddle steamer that in different periods of her history was also called PS Albion and HMS Albyn. Albion is the name she bore the longest and may be the one by which she is better known in England. Slieve Donard was her original name and the one by which she will be best known on the island of Ireland.
J&G Thomson launched Slieve Donard in 1893 for the Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR).[1] In 1900 she joined P&A Campbell's White Funnel Fleet of pleasure steamers and was renamed Albion.[1] From 1915 she served with the Royal Navy as HMS Albyn.[1] She was bombed in 1917 and scrapped in 1921.[1]
^ abcdefghijklmno"PS Slieve Donard". Clydebuilt Database. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abPatterson 1982, p. 13.
^ abcdePatterson 1982, p. 14.
^ ab"PS Albion". Paddlesteamer.info. Tramscape. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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