TSS Scotia (1902)
.jpg) SS Scotia docked at Holyhead in Wales. | |
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| 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 |
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| 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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