Royal William (1831)

Later names
Royal William (1833)
Ysabel Segunda (1834)


Builder:
Black & Campbell
Quebec, Canada
Keel laid:
N/A
Launched:
April 27, 1831
Year built:
1831
Completed:
August 1831
Fate:
Hulked in Bordeaux, France 1837, later scrapped.


Owner
Quebec & Halifax Steam Navigation Company
Quebec, Canada

Sept. 1833:
Portuguese Government
Sept. 10, 1834:
Spanish Government


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
176'
Hull:
Wood
Beam:
28'
Engines:
2- 1 cylinder horizontal by Bennett & Henderson
Across wheels:
44'
Boilers:
N/A
Wheel diameter:
N/A
Speed:
N/A
Draft:
14' (depth)
HP:
N/A
Gross tons:
500
Funnels:
1
Crew:
30
Masts:
3 (rigged for sail)
Passengers:
130


History
1831:
Three trips Quebec-Halifax.
1832:
Quarantined due to cholera epidemic.
Aug. 18, 1833:
Departed Pictou Harbor Nova Scotia carrying 7 passengers for first trans-Atlantic crossing
becoming the first steamship to carry paying passengers across the Atlantic.

Sept. 6, 1833:
Arrived at Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Sept. 12, 1833:
Arrived at Gravesend, England.
Sept. 1833:
Sold to Portuguese Government.
Sept. 10, 1834:
Sold to Spanish Government and renamed Ysabel Segunda becoming the first steamship
in the Spanish navy.

1837:
Engines removed, laid up as hulk in Bordeaux, France.


Royal William Photo Gallery
Builder's Data
Page published May 5, 2005