TSS Olga (1887)

Career
Name: 1887-1908: TSS Olga
Owner: 1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Route: 1887-1908: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 557
Launched: 1887
Out of service: March 1908
General characteristics
Tonnage: 970 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 301.5 ft (91.9 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draught: 13.6 ft (4.1 m)

TSS Olga was a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1887 to 1908.[1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1888 and put on the Holyhead - Dublin route. She was one of a trio of ships built over 4 years for this route, all of a similar size. The other ships were the TSS Irene and TSS Anglesey.

Olga was the first in the London and North Western Railway fleet to be fitted with triple engines.

She was disposed of in 1908.

References

  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962