SS Donegal
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HMHS Donegal was a Midland Railway passenger ferry that served in the First World War as a hospital ship. She was completed in 1904 and sunk by enemy action in April 1917.
Donegal in Midland Railway service
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.
SS Donegal
…Belfast Harbour. They came from different builders but they were sister ships: Antrim built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, and Donegal built by Caird & Company of Greenock. Donegal had a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 386 nominal horsepower, giving her a speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). She and…
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