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Paddle Tug Glasgow
« on: August 14, 2018, 10:55:03 am »

Does anybody have any information on the Paddle Tug Glasgow.
One of our club members has just acquired a model of the Glasgow but cannot seem to find much information on the internet about the original tug.
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Re: Paddle Tug Glasgow
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2018, 12:13:43 pm »


... not sure it's based on single boat, just a 'typical of the period'.   {:-{

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Re: Paddle Tug Glasgow
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2018, 01:37:15 pm »

Always looked like it was based on the Reliant paddle tug to me.
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Re: Paddle Tug Glasgow
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2018, 12:19:39 pm »

Re was there an actual Paddler Glasgow   well there was though doubt Graupners is based on a particular one  Yesterday at the model engineer exhibition I asked at the Paddlers stall if they knew of one  no one had but the looked up  a book which had lists and there had been in 1813. Today on google I found this if you go to the website there are also a couple of drawings



https://www.dalmadan.com/?p=1101

Towards the end of 1813, the Glasgow was launched, again from Wood’s yard. She was well built and was intended to carry both goods and passengers. She was seventy-two feet long by fifteen feet in the beam, and her paddle wheels were placed much closer to the bow than in Elizabeth and Clyde. But it was her machinery, designed by Henry Bell to be more powerful than that of her contemporaries that proved problematic. The builders, Anderson & Campbell of Greenock, were inexperienced in producing steam engines and when Glasgow entered service in April 1814 she was not a success. The Glasgow received new machinery from James Cook of Glasgow during the summer and her subsequent performance in terms of steering and speed was superior to the other craft on the river. Her master was a well-liked figure, Captain Cook. However, her passenger accommodation was inferior, and her draught of water at four feet greater than some others. One notable feature was her library to entertain the passengers on their journey.

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Re: Paddle Tug Glasgow
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2018, 04:25:22 pm »

Thanks for the information.
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Re: Paddle Tug Glasgow
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2018, 04:28:46 pm »

Good info but not a tug.


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