Name 1863-1924 PS Gael Completed 11 February 1867 Length 64 m | Yard number 1 Launched 9 March 1864 Draft 3.4 m | |
Operator 1863-1884 Clyde and Campbeltown Steam Packet Joint Stock Company1884-1891 Great Western Railway1891-1924 David MacBrayne, Glasgow Route 1867-1884 Campbelltown - Glasgow1884 - 1888 Weymouth Cherbourg1888 - 1889 Penzance - Isles of Scilly1889 - 1891 General GWR duties1891 - 1914 Glasgow - Oban, Tobermory and Gairloch1914-1924 Clyde estuary Builder Robertson and Company, Greenock | ||
PS Gael was a passenger vessel operated by the Great Western Railway from 1884 to 1891
History
This paddle steamer was launched on 9 March 1864 and completed on 11 February 1867 She was named by Miss Minnie Galbraith, daughter of Andrew Galbraith Esq, Johnstone Castle, ex-Provost of Glasgow and spent most of her years in Scotland. She was owned by the Clyde and Campbeltown Steam Packet Joint Stock Company.
She was bought in 1884 and operated by the GWR, mainly on its Weymouth routes but also for a time at Milford Haven and from 1887 - 1889 at Penzance for the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company. In 1891 she returned to the Clyde for duties on routes from Glasgow to Oban, Tobermory and Gairloch.
She was scrapped in 1924.
References
PS Gael (1867) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA