The PS (paddle steamer) Comet was built in 1812 for Henry Bell, a Scottish engineer who with his wife had become proprietor of the Baths Hotel offering sea bathing in Helensburgh. On 15 …

The paddle steamer PS Comet was built for Henry Bell, hotel and baths owner in Helensburgh, and began a passenger service in 1812 on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock, …

2023年6月27日 · Widely accepted as Europe’s first commercially successful passenger ferry, PS Comet was commemorated with a large-scale replica lovingly constructed by shipyard …

The first passenger vessel built in Europe, PS Comet was a wooden vessel of some 30 tons, about 40 feet in length, and 10 feet in beam, and originally fitted with four paddle wheels, …

The “Comet,” so called from a meteor which appeared in the heavens at this period, and attracted much attention, was built in 1811, to the order of Henry Bell, by John Wood at Port-Glasgow …

2024年10月24日 · The PS Comet was named after a visible comet seen between 1811 and 1812, and made a delivery voyage from Port Glasgow to Broomielaw, then down to Greenock. The …

2023年8月25日 · Europe’s first commercial steamship – the PS Comet from 1812 – was granted heritage status in August 2023. We explore how this modest steam-propelled boat from Port …

2023年4月7日 · Doomed paddle steamer PS Comet is launched. The Comet, which carried passengers between Glasgow and Greenock, was Europe’s first commercially successful …

The PS Comet was built in 1812 for Henry Bell, a Scottish engineer who with his wife had become proprietor of the Baths Hotel offering sea bathing in Helensburgh. On 15 August 1812, Bell's …

In her rebuild / lengthening of 1819 Comet was fitted with a new engine of 14 NHP, a new boiler and, almost certainly, a new funnel. This paper examines the evidence for the engine and …