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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "SS Cheduba (Inglis) at Clydebuilt Database". Archived from the original on 10 September 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Paul Strathdee and Stuart Cameron:Cheduba (1863) of A and J Inglis
- ↑ George Robinson and Stuart Cameron: Launched 1863: SS Cheduba of Archibald Denny Dumbarton.