TSS North Wall (1883)

Career
Name: 1883-1904: TSS North Wall
Owner: 1883-1904: London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1883-1904: London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1883-1904: HolyheadDublin
Builder: Robert Duncan and Co, Port Glasgow
Yard number: 188
Launched: 31 August 1883
Out of service: December 1904
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:931 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:300.2 ft (91.5 m)
Beam:33.1 ft (10.1 m)

TSS North Wall was a twin screw steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1893 to 1904.[1]

History

She was built by Robert Duncan and Company of Port Glasgow for the London and North Western Railway in 1883 as a cargo vessel. She is notable as the first screw propulsion vessel acquired by the London and North Western Railway.

In 1904 she was scrapped.


References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962