The SS Sir Walter Scott is a small white painted steamship that has provided cruises and a ferry service on Loch Katrine in the scenic Trossachs of Scotland for over a century, and is the only surviving screw steamer in regular passenger service in Scotland. Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... Above Stronachlachar, looking eastward along the length of the loch. ... The Trossachs (Scottish Gaelic, Na Trosaichean) itself is a small woodland glen between Ben An to the north and Ben Venue to the south, with Loch Katrine to the west and Loch Achray to the east, but the name is used generally to refer to the wider area of wooded... This article is about the country. ...

In 1859 Loch Katrine became Glasgow's main water supply, connected by aqueducts and tunnels to the city more than 30 miles (50 km) away through a hilly landscape. The Trossachs became very popular in the Victorian era, and there were early steamship services on the loch. The Loch is surrounded by wooded mountains, and has romantic historical connections including the birthplace of the outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Queen Victoria had a holiday house built overlooking the loch. Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Aqueduct (disambiguation). ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Portrait engraving of Rob Roy circa 1820s Robert Roy MacGregor, (baptized March 7, 1671 – December 28, 1734) usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood. ... “Queen Victoria” redirects here. ...

The Sir Walter Scott is named after the writer Walter Scott, who set his 1810 poem Lady of the Lake, and his novel Rob Roy of 1818 around Loch Katrine. She has sailed on the loch since 1900. The steamer was built by Denny Bros Ltd, fabricated at Dumbarton on the River Clyde, transported in pieces by barge up Loch Lomond and overland by horse-drawn cart to Stronachlachar pier on Loch Katrine where she was rebuilt and launched. The original cost was £4269, which included a delivery charge of £2028. The vessel weighs 115 tons, is 110 ft (34 m) long and 19 ft (6 m) wide. She is driven by the original 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine and has two locomotive-type boilers which are still fired by solid fuel fed into the firebox by a stoker. At a time when most steamers changed to oil-fired boilers, the Sir Walter Scott kept using coal or similar solid fuel to meet the requirement of ensuring that Glasgow's water supply is not polluted. If there were any spillage, the solid fuel would float and would not do any harm. The vessel has a crew of five. Raeburns portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rob Roy (1817) is a novel by Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from his father. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Dumbarton (Dùn Breatainn in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ... The River Clyde opening out at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow past Clydeport Ocean Terminal, Greenock, to the Firth of Clyde on the left, and to the right past Ardmore Point to the Gare Loch. ... For other uses, see Loch Lomond (disambiguation). ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ...

All ships in the UK must record a measured mile for sea-worthiness. This ship was built in Denny's ship-yard in Dumbarton and measured its mile in the Firth of Clyde with all normally riveted joints made with bolts. It was then transported by sea, then disassembled and carried on by horse-cart to Loch Katrine where it was re-assembled using rivets. Dumbarton (Dùn Breatainn in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ... Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

During summer (April to October) 2007, Sir Walter Scott sails from Trossachs pier (at the east end of the loch, 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberfoyle) and runs a ferry service in the morning 8 miles (13 km) west along the loch to Stronachlachar pier, taking walkers and cyclists who return by land, then takes those getting on at the pier and those doing the round trip back to Trosachs pier. In the afternoon she does two shorter cruises. In the winter the vessel is taken up on a slipway for maintenance work. Aberfoyle (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Phuill) is a village in the region of Stirling, Scotland, 27 miles northwest of Glasgow. ...

External links

• Loch Katrine Steamship, Sir Walter Scott - Steamer on Loch Katrine
• The Steamship Sir Walter Scott at Loch Katrine (new website under construction)
• SS Sir Walter Scott
• Sir Walter Scott