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1865 Built by Caird of Greenock, for service as a passenger boat on the Clyde.
Then sold to the London Steamboat Co, after which she was considerably modified to increase her capacity for passengers.
1878 Sunk as a result of collision with the SS Bywell Castle whilst returning from Sheerness; over 600 people lost their lives. She was not rated at Lloyds.
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