TSS Scotia (1902)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1902-1920: TSS Scotia 1920-1928: TSS Menevia |
| Owner: |
1902-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1928: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1928: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Operator: |
1902-1925: London and North Western Railway 1923-1925: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1928: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry: |
 United Kingdom |
| Route: | 1902-1928: Holyhead – Dublin |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 655 |
| Launched: | 11 January 1902 |
| Maiden voyage: | 23 April 1902 |
| Out of service: | 21 November 1928 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,872 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 330.2 ft (100.6 m) |
| Beam: | 39.1 ft (11.9 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
TSS Scotia was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1902 to 1923.[1]
History
She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton for the London and North Western Railway in 1902.
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty as an Armed boarding steamer in 1914.
She was renamed TSS Menevia in 1920. In 1928 she was sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and scrapped later that year by T. W. Ward.
References
- ↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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