TSS Duke of Argyll (1909)

Career
Name: 1909-1927: TSS Duke of Argyll
1927-1936: TSS Alsacien
Owner: 1909-1923: London and North Western Railway
1923-1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1927-1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Operator: 1909-1923: London and North Western Railway
1923-1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1927-1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1909-1927: BelfastFleetwood
1927-1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 874
Launched: 6 May 1909
Out of service: 1937
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:331 ft (101 m)
Beam:41 ft (12 m)
Speed:21 knots

TSS Duke of Argyll was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1909 to 1923.[1] and also as Alsacien by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History

She was built at William Denny and Brothers, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962