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In 1875 she set the record of 35 days for a passage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. According to McKay, [ 1 ] until 1885 under Captain McLaughlin Glory carried general cargo from New York to San Francisco and wheat from there to Britain, and was nearly wrecked in a storm when arriving in Britain in 1880.
Telegraphic Address "INGLIS," GLASGOW. S.S. Pointer. Slip Dock for Vessels up to 2,000 Tons. Anthony Inglis, (1813–1884) was a Scottish journeyman blacksmith, engineer and shipbuilder who set-up and managed the well known shipyard A. & J. Inglis in Pointhouse Glasgow together with his brother John Inglis.
Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan (1905–1975) Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania; Derecktor Shipyards, Mamaroneck, New York; Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Edward F. Williams, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; Edward Knight Collins and the Collins Line, New York City (1818–1858)
Early side-lever engine designed by Napier, from PS Leven (1823), on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton. Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826.
Thereafter, Napier was the Admiralty's primary engine builder. Napier's greatest success, however, came from his business deals with Samuel Cunard. Together with Cunard, James Donaldson, Sir George Burns, and David MacIver, he co-founded the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. It seems that Napier could be considered ...
[a] [2]: 34–37 The design process saw the early adoption of the logarithm (invented in 1615) to generate the curves used to produce the shape of a hull, especially when scaling up these curves accurately in the mould loft. [1] Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as naval engineering.
In 1902, control of the yard passed to Thomas Dunston following the death of his father, and in 1910 to the 20-year-old grandson of the founder. He set about modernising the business to enable the construction of iron and steel ships, the first of which was completed in 1917. The company built three wooden drifters for the Admiralty in 1918.
RMS Tayleur was a short-lived, full-rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She ran aground off Lambay Island and sank, on her maiden voyage, in 1854.