| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TSS Duke of Albany |
| Owner: | 1907-1917: London and North Western Railway |
| Operator: | 1907-1914: London and North Western Railway 1914-1917:Royal Navy |
| Port of registry: | |
| Route: | 1907-1914:Belfast – Fleetwood |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company |
| Yard number: | 376 |
| Launched: | June 1907 |
| Out of service: | 1916 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 25 August 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,180 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 330.5 ft (100.7 m) |
| Beam: | 41.1 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draught: | 17.1 ft (5.2 m) |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots |
TSS Duke of Albany was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1907 to 1914.[1] and also as HMS Duke of Albany from 1914 to 1916.
She was built at Cammell Laird, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. She operated on the Douglas to Heysham route but was requisitioned by the Admiralty in the First World War and sunk on 25 August 1916 by U-27, 20 miles east of the Pentland Skerries.
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