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
1828 marine side-lever steam engine built by Caird & Company, Greenock, for PS Industry
PS Industry engine in the Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Drawing of Caird Engine fitted to 1841 steam packets
USS Advance (1862)
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USS Advance, the second United States Navy ship to be so named, was later known as USS Frolic, and was originally the blockade runner Advance captured by the Union Navy during the latter part of the A
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Advance (later USS Frolic) shortly after her capture by USS Santiago de Cuba in 1864
USS Frolic (formerly USS Advance) at Naples, Italy, ca. 1865–69