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Henry Bell (7 April 1767 – 14 November 1830) was a Scottish engineer who helped to pioneer the development of the steamship. He is mostly widely known for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe in 1812.
In 1875, the schooner Ann was driven against a steamship at Greenock, Renfrewshire and sank. The Glasgow Herald reported a piece from the Greenock Telegraph which stated "part of the hull of the Ann was all that was left of Henry Bell's old Comet, the first steam-vessel ever to sail in European waters. Some years ago she was bought up by ...
Henry Bell: Steamship: For private owner. [34] 12 July India: Kyd & Co Kidderpore: Diana: Paddle steamer: For British East India Company. 12 July Russia: I. V. Kurepanov Saint Petersburg: Mirnyi: Bodryi-class rowing frigate: For Imperial Russian Navy. [35] 15 July United Kingdom: Blackwall: Soho: Steamship: For London and Edinburgh Steam Packet ...
The design was a modification of Stevens' prior paddle steamer Phoenix, the first steamship to successfully navigate the open ocean in its route from Hoboken to Philadelphia. [16] In 1812, Henry Bell's PS Comet was inaugurated. [17] The steamboat was the first commercial passenger service in Europe and sailed along the River Clyde in Scotland. [17]
The era of the Clyde steamer began in August 1812 with the very first successful commercial steamboat service in Europe, when Henry Bell's Comet began a passenger service on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock. The Comet undertook her official trial run on 6 August 1812.
Other pumps soon followed. With the improvements of the steam engine by James Watt by 1776, William Symington's Charlotte Dundas in 1803 and the building of the PS Comet steamship by Henry Bell in 1812 to service the Clyde, steamships were soon sailing the Thames.
Europe's first passenger steamboat: Henry Bell (1767–1830) [34] The first iron–hulled steamship: Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) [35] The first practical screw propeller: Robert Wilson (1803–1882) [citation needed] Marine engine innovations: James Howden (1832–1913) [36] John Elder and Charles Randolph (Marine Compound expansion ...
In 1803, Charlotte Dundas showed the practicality of steam power for marine use, and in 1812 Henry Bell's PS Comet began the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe, sailing on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Helensburgh.