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Caledonian Steam Packet Company
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Built for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company at the A&J Inglis Pointhouse yard on the Clyde and launched in 1953, TSMV <i>Maid of Argyll</i> was the second of the four Clyde <I>Maids</I> [see image 32944]. Seen here off Innellan in the 1960s she was eventually sold in 1974 to a Greek cruise line. In 1997, while operating as the <I>City of Corfu</I>, she suffered a serious fire and never sailed again.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/33000/33006.jpg "Innellan")
![Built for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company at the A&J Inglis Pointhouse yard on the Clyde and launched in 1953, TSMV <i>Maid of Argyll</i> is seen here off Innellan in September 1959. [See image 40522] <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 22/09/1959]](/images/38000/38500.jpg "Innellan")
![The Caledonian Steam Packet Co's <I>Maid of Argyll</I> passing the Scherzer bridge at Inchinnan while sailing up the Cart Navigation on a Clyde River Steamer Club Charter on 17 September 1966. [See image 38500]<br><br>[Colin Miller 17/09/1966]](/images/40000/40522.jpg "Inchinnan")
![To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company on 1 June 1969, The Clyde River Steamer Club chartered a steamer the day before. On board it was possible to purchase a special envelope which had been produced to commemorate the anniversary and post it on board the boat so that it received a commemorative frank. The envelope and its contents are shown.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 01/06/1969]](/images/28000/28535.jpg "Plates, signs and notices")
![One of the Clyde <I>Maids</I> the TSMV <I>Maid of Ashton</I>, originally entered service on the Gourock - Holy Loch route in May 1953. Seen here transformed on the River Thames as the floating restaurant <I>Hispaniola</I>, moored alongside Hungerford Bridge in early 1980. [See image 31941]<br><br>[Colin Miller //1980]](/images/32000/32944.jpg "Victoria Embankment")
