Queen of Scotland was the first steamship on the Aberdeen-London service, and the first paddle steamer built in Aberdeen's shipyards.[1][2] Duffus & Co. ceased business in 1846.[3] Launched in 1827 by Duffus & Co., the vessel was involved in an accident in 1833 at Northfleet, when the steamship ran down the 410 ton United Kingdom, a rum and sugar vessel arrived from Jamaica.[4]Queen of Scotland, though wooden-hulled, was undamaged and continued to serve the route.[5]
This was the first ship of the Aberdeen and London New Shipping Company, which later became the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.
References
^W. Hamish Fraser, Clive Howard Lee Aberdeen, 1800-2000: A New History 1862321086 2000 - Page 76 "The others were all smaller concerns, of which the best known was John Duffus & Co. A later, but ... This was a wooden-hulled coastal paddle steamer, the Queen of Scotland, built for the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. Aberdeen's first ..."
^Scottish Economic & Social History 1983 - Volume 3 - Page 72 "... major firms, John Duffus & Co., ceased business in 1846 as a consequence. Most of those thrown out of work did find alternative employment, however. "
^The Nautical Magazine 1833 "On the 15th Sept. a little before four o'clock, the United Kingdom, of 410 tons, Captain Friend, from Jamaica, laden with rum, sugar, and codec, whilst lying at anchor in the River Thames, at Northfleet, was run down by the Queen of Scotland steam-vessel, on her outward .."
^The Economist 1846 - Volume 4 - Page 902 "The Queen of Scotland last week had only room for two cows on deck,"
