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