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'Royal Consort' Paddle Steamer

Image credit: Lancashire County Museum Service

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This painting depicts 'Royal Consort' flying the house colours of the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company. 'Royal Consort' was a paddle steamer built in Glasgow in 1844, possibly by Tod and Macgregor. She was described in the 1850 register as having a length of 178 feet with deck and quarterdeck and three masts. Later registration alterations show the length as 215 feet, a gross tonnage of 796 tons and a reduction to two masts. 'Royal Consort' was owned in 1847 by Frederick Kemp, founder of the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company and Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood's Steward and Land Manager, but she was mortgaged to the Manchester Bank. She was later sold to Preston and Wyre Railways (later the Joint Railways), and scrapped in 1890.

Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood

Title

'Royal Consort' Paddle Steamer

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 50.5 x W 88 cm

Accession number

LANMS.1974.149.193

Acquisition method

transferred from 'Old' Fleetwood Library

Work type

Painting

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