Builders: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd Troon 1922
Propulsion type: Paddle compound diagonal (taken second hand from Albion)
Owners: P & A Campbell Ltd
Service dates: 1922 - 1960
Tonnage: Net 218 Gross 553
Comments:
Glen Gower's engines were fitted second hand from Albion (ex Slieve Donard). Glen Gower was rather like Devonia and Brighton Queen (II) in appearance. Originally on runs in the Bristol Channel from Bristol to Ilfracombe, Cardiff to Ilfracombe and Swansea to Ilfracombe. In 1926 she went to Brighton for a short period and in 1934 was transferred permanently to the South Coast. In 1955 she restarted "No Passport" trips to France, which had ceased with the War in 1939. For a close up picture of her paddle box, click this link. Glen Gower kept her name, despite her South Coast operations right up to her scrapping in 1960 after being laid up. This picture was taken from Brighton, Palace Pier in 1949 by the late Cyril Perrier. For a wonderful colour picture of her bridge, taken in July 1939 by Cyril's father Sidney, please click here.
For previously unpublished photographs of her in 1939/1940 please click here