Steam-ships : The story of their development to the present day by R. A. Fletcher
1. The _William Fawcett_, the first P. & O. Steam-ship;
with a Bomb Ketch and H.M.S. _St. Vincent_.
[_To face title-page_
From a painting by Charles Dixon; by kind permission of
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- introduction of the railway system inland. Between the two, however, Ch.2
- 1885. The last fifteen years of the century saw the tonnage of the Ch.3
- 1. The _William Fawcett_, the first P. & O. Steam-ship; Ch.4
- 2. The _Chancellor Livingston_ _Headpiece to Preface_ Ch.5
- 3. Primitive Paddle-boats 3 Ch.6
- 4. “Barque à Roues”: Primitive Chinese Paddle-boat 5 Ch.7
- 5. “Liburna” or Galley, worked by Oxen 7 Ch.8
- 6. Jonathan Hulls’ Paddle-steamer, 1737 _To face_ 14 Ch.9
- 7. The Marquis de Jouffroy’s Steamboat, 1783 _To face_ 16 Ch.10
- 8. John Fitch’s Oared Paddle-boat, 1786 22 Ch.11
- 9. John Stevens’ _Phœnix_, 1807 _To face_ 28 Ch.12
- 10. Robert Fulton’s _Clermont_, 1807 37 Ch.13
- 11. The _Paragon_, built 1811 _To face_ 40 Ch.14
- 12. The _Philadelphia_, built 1826 _To face_ 44 Ch.15
- 14. The _William Cutting_, built 1827 _To face_ 48 Ch.16
- 15. The _Mary Powell_ (Hudson River Day Line) 50 Ch.17
- 16. The _Hendrick Hudson_ (Hudson River Day Line), 1906 _To face_ 50 Ch.18
- 17. The _Robert Fulton_ (Hudson River Day Line), 1909 _To face_ 52 Ch.19
- 19. The _City of Cleveland_ _To face_ 54 Ch.20
- 20. Patrick Miller’s Triple Boat the _Edinburgh_ _To face_ 56 Ch.21
- 21. Model of Miller’s Double Boat _To face_ 58 Ch.22
- 22. The _Charlotte Dundas_: longitudinal section 60 Ch.23
- 23. Symington’s Original Engine of 1788 _To face_ 60 Ch.24
- 24. Model of the _Charlotte Dundas_ _To face_ 62 Ch.25
- 25. The Original Engines of the _Comet_ _To face_ 64 Ch.26
- 27. The _Industry_, 1814 _To face_ 68 Ch.27
- 29. The Engine of the _Leven_ _To face_ 70 Ch.28
- 30. The _Sea-Horse_, about 1826 _To face_ 72 Ch.29
- 31. The _Monarch_ and _Trident_, convoying the _Royal Ch.30
- 32. The _Trident_, in which the Queen and Prince Consort Ch.31
- 33. The _Carron_ _To face_ 84 Ch.32
- 34. The _Kingfisher_ _To face_ 84 Ch.33
- 35. The _Fingal_ _To face_ 86 Ch.34
- 36. The _Lady Wolseley_ _To face_ 86 Ch.35
- 39. The _Mona’s Isle_ (II.), built 1860, as a paddle Ch.36
- 40. The _Ellan Vannin_ (the foregoing, altered to a Ch.37
- 41. The _Majestic_ _To face_ 96 Ch.38
- 42. The _Lady Roberts_ _To face_ 98 Ch.39
- 43. The _Augusta_, 1856 100 Ch.40
- 47. The R.M. Turbine Steamer _Copenhagen_ (G.E. Ch.41
- 48. The _Scotia_ (L. & N.W. Railway) _To face_ 120 Ch.42
- 49. The _Savannah_ _To face_ 124 Ch.43
- 50. The _Rising Star_ 130 Ch.44
- 51. The _Dieppe_ (L.B. & S.C. Railway) _To face_ 134 Ch.45
- 52. The _United Kingdom_ _To face_ 134 Ch.46
- 54. The _Great Western_, from a print of 1837 _To face_ 142 Ch.47
- 55. The _President_ 146 Ch.48
- 56. The _British Queen_ _To face_ 146 Ch.49
- 57. The _Britannia_, 1840 _To face_ 152 Ch.50
- 58. The _Atlantic_ 156 Ch.51
- 59. The _Adriatic_ (Collins Line, 1857) _To face_ 160 Ch.52
- 61. The _Massachusetts_ 171 Ch.53
- 63. H.M. Troopship _Himalaya_ in Plymouth Sound _To face_ 180 Ch.54
- 64. H.M. Troopship _Himalaya_ _To face_ 182 Ch.55
- 65. The _Norman_ (Union-Castle Line, 1894) _To face_ 184 Ch.56
- 66. Maudslay’s Oscillating Engine _To face_ 200 Ch.57
- 67. Model of the Engines of the _Leinster_ _To face_ 204 Ch.58
- 68. The _Pacific_ 205 Ch.59
- 69. Stevens’ 1804 Engine, showing Twin-screw Propellers _To face_ 208 Ch.60
- 70. The _Q.E.D._ 211 Ch.61
- 72. The _John Bowes_, 1906 _To face_ 214 Ch.62
- 73. The _Novelty_, built 1839 _To face_ 218 Ch.63
- 75. Engines of the _Great Britain_ _To face_ 224 Ch.64
- 78. The _City of Rome_ (Inman Line, 1881) _To face_ 242 Ch.65
- 79. The _City of Chicago_ 244 Ch.66
- 82. The _Russia_ (Cunard, 1867) _To face_ 246 Ch.67
- 83. Model of the _City of Paris_, 1866 _To face_ 248 Ch.68
- 84. The _Oregon_ (Cunard and Guion Lines, 1883) _To face_ 250 Ch.69
- 85. The _America_ (National Line, 1884) _To face_ 254 Ch.70
- 86. The _Delta_ leaving Marseilles for the opening of Ch.71
- 87. The _Thunder_ 265 Ch.72
- 89. Longitudinal section of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 272 Ch.73
- 90. Caricature of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 274 Ch.74
- 91. Model of the Paddle-engines of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 276 Ch.75
- 92. The _Britannic_ (White Star Line, 1874) _To face_ 280 Ch.76
- 93. The _Umbria_ and _Etruria_ (Cunard) _To face_ 280 Ch.77
- 94. The _Mauretania_ (Cunard, 1907) _To face_ 282 Ch.78
- 95. The _Campania_ (Cunard, 1892) _To face_ 282 Ch.79
- 96. The _Teutonic_ and _Majestic_ (White Star Line, Ch.80
- 97. The _Olympic_ (White Star Line, 1910) _To face_ 288 Ch.81
- 98. The _Olympic_ building, October 18, 1909 _To face_ 290 Ch.82
- 99. The _St. Louis_ (American Line) _To face_ 294 Ch.83
- 100. The _Morea_ (P. & O. Line) _To face_ 294 Ch.84
- 101. The _Assiniboine_ (Canadian Pacific Railway Co.) _To face_ 300 Ch.85
- 103. The _Kaiser Wilhelm II._ (Norddeutscher Lloyd) _To face_ 304 Ch.86
- 104. The _Turbinia_ _To face_ 308 Ch.87
- 105. The _Otaki_ (New Zealand Shipping Co.) _To face_ 310 Ch.88
- 106. H.M.S. _Waterwitch_, armoured gunboat 321 Ch.89
- 107. H.M.S. _Minotaur_ _To face_ 326 Ch.90
- 116. H.M.S. _Invincible_, armoured cruiser _To face_ 336 Ch.91
- 117. The _Minas Geraes_, Brazilian battleship _To face_ 336 Ch.92
- 119. The _San Francisco_, U.S. Navy _To face_ 340 Ch.93
- 120. The _Monitoria_ _To face_ 348 Ch.94
- 121. The _Iroquois_ and _Navahoe_ _To face_ 348 Ch.95
- 122. The _Monitoria_, transverse section 350 Ch.96
- 123. The old Floating Dock at Rotherhithe, _circa_ 1800 _To face_ 354 Ch.97
- 124. Model of the Bermuda Dock _To face_ 356 Ch.98
- 128. The Cartagena Dock _To face_ 362 Ch.99
- 129. The _Baikal_ _To face_ 362 Ch.100
- 130. The _Drottning Victoria_ _To face_ 366 Ch.101
- 131. The _Ermack_ _To face_ 370 Ch.102
- 132. The _Earl Grey_ _To face_ 370 Ch.103
- 134. The Imperial Yacht _Hohenzollern_ _To face_ 372 Ch.104
- 135. The Evolution of Floating Docks, 1800-1910 389 Ch.105
- CHAPTER I Ch.106
- CHAPTER II Ch.107
- 1787. The great success and useful character of Rumsay’s steamboat were Ch.108
- 1787. A still larger boat followed in 1788, and another in 1790. The Ch.109
- introduction of the latter has come also their greatest development Ch.110
- CHAPTER III Ch.111
- CHAPTER IV Ch.112
- 1894. Her last appearance was at the same review. She was lengthened Ch.113
- CHAPTER V Ch.114
- 1822. But Lord Cochrane’s work was practically over and she was Ch.115
- 28. She took no goods, as she was intended to be a passenger steamer Ch.116
- 31. Off Southend she was discovered to be on fire, and the heat and Ch.117
- 1841. No trace of her has been found from that day to this. Ch.118
- CHAPTER VI Ch.119
- 2402. Her engines developed 3250 horse-power and gave her an average Ch.120
- CHAPTER VII Ch.121
- 1842. He nevertheless served in the Mexican War and then commanded the Ch.122
- 1839. Its charter has been revised and extended from time to time, one Ch.123
- CHAPTER VIII Ch.124
- 5. Twin screws. Ch.125
- CHAPTER IX Ch.126
- 1062. The engines were of 210 nominal horse-power with cylinders of 55 Ch.127
- CHAPTER X Ch.128
- 13. In equipment, too, she was regarded as the last possible word in Ch.129
- 1889. These two steamers marked one of those epochs of complete Ch.130
- CHAPTER XI Ch.131
- CHAPTER XII Ch.132
- introduction of screw propellers, 97; introduction of iron, 191; Ch.133