TSS Slieve Donard (1921)

History
Name: 1921-1954: TSS Slieve Donard
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1921-1954: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Vickers Limited
Launched: 1921
Out of service: 21 January 1954
Fate: Scrapped at Troon
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,115 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 299.9 ft (91.4 m)
Beam: 39.1 ft (11.9 m)
Draught: 14.2 ft (4.3 m)
Speed: 16 knots

TSS Slieve Donard was a steam turbine passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1948.[1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird in 1921 as the last ship for the London and North Western Railway and put on the Holyhead - Dublin route.

She was named after the Slieve Donard (Irish: Sliabh Dónairt,[2] derived from Sliabh Domhanghairt/Domhanghart)[3] mountain in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the highest peak of the Mourne Mountains.

She was generally employed on the Thursday mid-day trip from Dublin for the cattle-dealers returning from market.

She was scrapped in 1954.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. O'Mulconry, Ferfeasa. Annala Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland (Volume 1). Hodges, Smith, and co., 1856. Page 6.
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