| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TSS Duke of York Peel Castle |
| Owner: | 1894-1911: London and North Western Railway 1912-1939: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Operator: | 1894-1911: London and North Western Railway 1912-1939: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry: | Lancaster, United Kingdom |
| Route: | 1894-1911: Fleetwood - Belfast |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 480 |
| Launched: | 20 February 1894 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Turbine steam ship |
| Tonnage: | 1,531 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Length: | 310 ft (94 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
The TSS Duke of York was a steamer passenger ship operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1894 to 1911. [1]
In 1911 she was purchased by the Turkish Patriotic Committee but they failed to take delivery. She was then sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet company and operated as Peel Castle from 1912 to 1939.
In 1914 she was requisitioned and used as an Armed Boarding Steamer until 1919.
She was scrapped in 1939.
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