TSS Duke of Cumberland
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1909-1937:Duke of Cumberland 1927-1936:Picard |
| 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: |
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| Route: |
1909-1914:Belfast – Fleetwood 1927-1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 873 |
| Launched: | 9 March 1909 |
| Out of service: | 1939 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,255 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 330.4 ft (100.7 m) |
| Beam: | 40.9 ft (12.5 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
TSS Duke of Cumberland 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 Picard 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
- ↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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