Besides these and other sailing ships, we have built for Messrs.
Ismay, Imrie and Co. the Garfield, of 2347 registered tonnage;
for Messrs. Thomas Dixon and Son, the Lord Downshire (2322); and
for Messrs. Bullock's Bay Line, the Bay of Panama (2365).
In 1880 we took in another piece of the land reclaimed by the
Belfast Harbour Trust; and there, in close proximity to the
ship-yard, we manufacture all the machinery required for the
service of the steamers constructed by our firm. In this way we
are able to do everything "within ourselves"; and the whole land
now occupied by the works comprises about forty acres, with ten
building slips suitable for the largest vessels.
It remains for me to mention a Belfast firm, which has done so
much for the town. I mean the Messrs. J.P. Corry and Co., who
have always been amongst our best friends. We built for them
their first iron sailing vessel, the Jane Porter, in 1860, and
since then they have never failed us. They successfully
established their "Star" line of sailing clippers from London to
Calcutta, all of which were built here. They subsequently gave
us orders for yet larger vessels, in the Star of France and the
Star of Italy. In all, we have built for that firm eleven of
their well-known "Star" ships.
We have built five ships for the Asiatic Steam Navigation
Company, Limited, each of from 1650 to 2059 tons gross; and we
are now building for them two ships, each of about 3000 tons
gross.
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