Belfast Steampacket Co., established, 40 Bell, Henry, present at Mr. Miller’s experiments in 1789, 6 —— gives Fulton the plans of the CHARLOTTE DUNDAS, 1803, 6 —— employs the steamer COMET on the Clyde, 1812, 11 —— Clyde Trustees grant Annuity to, 12 —— —— Erect Obelisk in memory of, 12 BERENICE (1836), 49 Bibby Bros. & Co., founded 1807, 56 Bibby Line, 203 BIRMINGHAM (City of Dublin Co.) brings news of defeat of Don Miguel, 64 Bourne, Messrs., establish steamship service to the Peninsula, 49 BRITANNIA, pioneer Cunard Liner, 92 BRITANNIA (1815), Clyde Steampacket, 27 BRITANNIA (1815), Season tickets issued for, 29 British and African Steam Navigation Co., Limited, 170 British and Irish Steampacket Co., Limited, 195 British India Steam Navigation Co., 55 British Queen Steam Navigation Co., 70 BRITISH QUEEN (steamship), 71 BURMAH (British India Co.), 56 Burns, G. and J., commence business as steamship owners, 42 —— first steamer AYR, 1825, 43 —— despatch steamer FINGAL, Glasgow to Belfast, 1826, 43 —— enter the Liverpool and Glasgow trade, 1829, 43 —— sell their West Highland steamers, 1851, 43 —— joint founders of the Cunard Line, 1840, 78 Burton, R. and Sons, Limited, 316 BUSSORAH (British India Co.), 56 CALCUTTA, Loss of, 55 Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co., 55 CALEDONIA, Clyde Steampacket, 27 CALEDONIA, Clyde Steampacket (Quotation from “Life of Watt”), 29 Caledonian Railway Co., 154 Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 150 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Loss of, 55 CAR OF COMMERCE (1813), 10 Cattle ventilators on steamers suggested, 1820, 35 CHARLOTTE DUNDAS (1803), 5 CITY OF CORK, first Irish steamboat, 13 CITY OF DUBLIN (1823), pioneer steamer of the City of Dublin Co., 40 City of Dublin Steampacket Co., established 1823, 40 —— establish regular steampacket service between England, Ireland and France, 1827, 44 —— History of, 179 CITY OF GLASGOW (Inman Line), 106 CLERMONT, first passenger steamer in the world, 7 —— Eye witness’s account of first passage of, 7 —— Wilful attempts to destroy, 8 Collins Line, 94 COLOMBO (P. & O. Liner), 53 COMET, first European passenger steamer, 11 —— Advertised by Henry Bell, 12 —— Dimensions of, 12 —— Amusing anecdote relating to, 12 CONDE DE PATMELLA, probably the first steamer to cross the Atlantic from Europe, 35 Cork Steamship Co., Limited, 207 Cunard, Samuel, crosses the Atlantic in the LIVERPOOL, 78 —— tenders for British and North American Mail Service, 78 —— conjointly with Messrs. Burns & MacIver, founds the Cunard Line, 78 Cunard Line founded in 1840, 78 —— obtains Mail Contract, Halifax, New York and Bermuda, 94 —— History of, 221 DEFIANCE (1815), Thames Steampacket, 13, 23 DE GARAY (1543), Alleged invention by, 2 Dodd, Captain, 17 Dominion Line, 150