Caird & Company
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Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs.
Part of Caird & Co's yard in 1913, with SS Berrima under construction
Drawing of Caird Engine fitted to 1841 steam packets
Drawing of Caird Engine fitted to 1841 steam packets
Painting of SS Atrato by William Frederick Mitchell
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Share of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, issued 16 February 1920
RMS Asturias in a 1930 poster by Kenneth Shoesmith, who created a number of images advertising Royal Mail Lines ships