| Name: | DURAS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/11/1892 |
| Completed: | 01/1893 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 146 |
| Dimensions: | 131grt, 51nrt, 95.5 x 18.1 x 9.7ft; (1914: 131grt, 56nrt); (1947: 118grt, 52nrt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (16 & 32 x 21ins), 42rhp, 220ihp; (1921: Oil engine, 6cyl (5.5 x 7.5ins), 11nhp); |
| (1924: Oil engine, 2cyl (13 x 13ins), 90bhp) | |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd; (1921: Peter Brotherhood, Peterborough); |
| (1924: Steijaard & Jannette Walen, Rotterdam) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots; (1921: 6.5knots); (1924: 7.5knots) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 71844 |
| History: | |
| 01/1893 | Galway Bay Steamboat Co Ltd, Galway |
| 1921 | Frederick Palmer, Boston, Lincolnshire; registered at Boston |
| 1929 | William C Halliday, Dalbeattie |
| 04/1933 | John Storm, Findhorn; registered at Dumfries |
| 09/1933 | John McConkey and John & Eleanor Law, Carrickfergus; registered at Belfast |
| 07/1936 | Registered at Ayr |
| 12/1936 | W & A McMullan Ltd, Portaferry and William A Glenn, Portavogie, County Down |
| 10/1942 | William G Garside, Oldham |
| 01/1947 | A Jensen, Lemvig, Denmark; registered at Lemvig; renamed STEEN B |
| 1950 | Elly M Rasmussen, Rodovre |
| 1951 | HSA Jensen, Frederiksberg |
| 1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Used on Galway to Aran Islands & other small harbours in Galway Bay & North Clare |
| The single fare to Aran was three shillings for saloon and 2s-6d for deck passengers. The one class fare to Ballyvaughan was 2s and bicycles were free. | |
| She was replaced on this run in 1912 by the larger purpose built DUN AENGUS, after which she was used for towing sail vessels out of Galway Bay. | |
| 1921: Converted to a sailing ship with auxilliary power | |
| 1921: Oil engine installed. Engine manufactured in 1917 | |
| 1924: Re-engined | |
| 1954: Broken up in Denmark |
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