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Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in
/ref> suggest that Caird contracted out the building of the wooden hulls for these mail packets. * The ''Clyde'' was built by Robert Duncan of Greenock and launched in Feb 1841, registered Dec 1841. * The ''Tay'' was built by Charles Wood of Dumbarton, launched in July 1841, registered Dec 1841. * The ''Tweed'' was built by Thomson & Speirs of Greenock, launched in Apr 1841, registered in Dec 1841. * The ''Teviot'' was built by Robert Duncan of Greenock, launched in Oct 1841, registered in Feb 1842. Other ships fitted with engines by Caird include : * The steam tugs ''Hercules'' and ''Gulliver'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock in 1820s * The paddle-steamer ''Liverpool'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1830 * The steam tug ''Samson'' built by William Denny of Dumbarton in 1819. Caird engine fitted 1831 * The paddle-steamer ''Gazelle'' built by Murries & Clark of Greenock 1832 * The paddle-steamer ''Dolphin'' built by James Lang of Dumbarton 1834 * The paddle-steamer ''Eagle'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1835 * The paddle-steamer ''Unicorn'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1836 * The paddle-steamer ''Juno'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1837 * The paddle-steamer ''Achilles'' built by Robert Steels & Co, launched May 1839 * The tug ''Conqueror'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1840 * The paddle-steamer ''Flambeau'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1840 Following this Caird fitted engines to a significant number of screw-steamers built by other companies (i.e. propeller driven) particularly those built by Denny of Dumbarton up until 1851, and other ship builders until 1863.
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Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock
Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...
. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were ...
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John's relative James Tennant Caird joined the company in 1831, and after leaving to work for Randolph, Elder & Co in Glasgow, rejoined the family business for good in 1838.
A year after the death of Robert Caird, the company was sold to Harland & Wolff Ltd
Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the Wh ...
in 1916 for £432,493. The firm continued trading as a separate enterprise, with Arthur and Patrick Caird on the board, until 1922. The Arthur Street engine works was sold to John G. Kincaid & Company in 1919.
Ships fitted with engines by Caird & Co
In the early years Caird & Co were responsible for fitting (or re-fitting) steam engines in ships. An example of this is the ''Glasgow'' fitted with a side-lever engine by Caird & Co in 1828 for G & J Burns. This being an engine running on only 5psi steam pressure, as was common at the time (the steam condenser created a vacuum so the effective pressure acting on the piston was the difference between the boiler pressure and the condenser vacuum). Also in 1828 Caird & Co re-engined the paddle steamer ''Industry'' (built in 1814 by William Fyfe of Fairlie), replacing the original single cylinder engine rated at 10 hp with a Caird single cylinder engine rated at 14 hp. In 1845 details and drawings of Caird engines fitted in four West India Mail-Packets were published, these being the "Clyde", "Tay", "Tweed" and "Teviot". These were also side-lever engines, with two cylinders of diameter of 74.5in and stroke of 90in, driving 30 ft paddle-wheels, running at 15rpm. These mail packets were operated by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Collated records of ships built on the Clyde"Clyde Built Ships"/ref> suggest that Caird contracted out the building of the wooden hulls for these mail packets. * The ''Clyde'' was built by Robert Duncan of Greenock and launched in Feb 1841, registered Dec 1841. * The ''Tay'' was built by Charles Wood of Dumbarton, launched in July 1841, registered Dec 1841. * The ''Tweed'' was built by Thomson & Speirs of Greenock, launched in Apr 1841, registered in Dec 1841. * The ''Teviot'' was built by Robert Duncan of Greenock, launched in Oct 1841, registered in Feb 1842. Other ships fitted with engines by Caird include : * The steam tugs ''Hercules'' and ''Gulliver'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock in 1820s * The paddle-steamer ''Liverpool'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1830 * The steam tug ''Samson'' built by William Denny of Dumbarton in 1819. Caird engine fitted 1831 * The paddle-steamer ''Gazelle'' built by Murries & Clark of Greenock 1832 * The paddle-steamer ''Dolphin'' built by James Lang of Dumbarton 1834 * The paddle-steamer ''Eagle'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1835 * The paddle-steamer ''Unicorn'' built by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock 1836 * The paddle-steamer ''Juno'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1837 * The paddle-steamer ''Achilles'' built by Robert Steels & Co, launched May 1839 * The tug ''Conqueror'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1840 * The paddle-steamer ''Flambeau'' built by Robert Duncan of Greenock 1840 Following this Caird fitted engines to a significant number of screw-steamers built by other companies (i.e. propeller driven) particularly those built by Denny of Dumbarton up until 1851, and other ship builders until 1863.
Ships built by Caird & Co
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* RMS ''Eider'' (1864)
* PS ''Agnes E. Fry'' (1864)
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* SS ''Governor General Loudon'' (1875)
* SV ''Inchgreen'' (1876)
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* HMS ''P.22'' (1916)
* HMS ''P.35'' (1917)
* HMS ''P.42'' (1917)
* HMS ''P.43'' (1917)
* (1918)
Notable members of the Caird family
* Edward Caird, philosopher * John Caird, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow * Robert Caird, head of the companyReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caird and Company Organisations based in Inverclyde 1828 establishments in Scotland Engineering companies of Scotland Defunct shipbuilding companies of Scotland 1922 disestablishments in Scotland Defunct companies of Scotland Companies based in Inverclyde British companies disestablished in 1922 British companies established in 1828