Greetings, an elderly friend is well in to building a semiscale replica of a sidewheel paddler which he photographed when living in the U.K. many years ago. The problem is that he does not have a photo showing the name and after all this time cannot remember what it was called. The main points he can remember are that it ran day and overnight excursions up around the Scottish coast and he is sure it had workshops and/or accomodation for the engineers built in to the sponsons, some of it possibly outside the wheels. Any suggestions of what it might be called and where we might find more info on it? Thanks, Ian.

Ian:

See if you can get a photo of your friend's model from which an ID would be much easier...at least that would narrow things down a bit.  Can your friend remember the date he saw the ship so that would eliminate vessels scrapped before that date?

A number of us have quite extensive paddler libraries to which we could refer once there is a little more information.

Regards

PJ
Victoria, BC Canada

Hi Ian, PJ and all

Interesting - heve we a date?

Can't do very much without the photograph - but have my doubts about "overnight excursions" - does he mean "evening cruises?"  I suspect the last time a British paddler ran overnight on even an intermittent basis was in the 1920's.


[WAVERLEY once arrived at Glasgow at about 4am with passengers - that wasn't an overnight trip - she was just very, very late ]

Regards

David

 

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Greetings, an elderly friend is well in to building a    semiscale replica of a sidewheel paddler which he photographed when living in    the U.K. many years ago. The problem is that he does not have a photo showing    the name and after all this time cannot remember what it was called. The main    points he can remember are that it ran day and overnight excursions up around    the Scottish coast  
   
He must be very elderly indeed, it is    probably well over a hundred years since paddle steamers offered overnight    trips in Scotland. I think he is probably referring to a MacBrayne's    paddler  
   
 and he is sure it had workshops and/or    accomodation for the engineers built in to the sponsons, some of it possibly    outside the wheels. Any suggestions of what it might be called and where we    might find more info on it? Thanks, Ian.



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