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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 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[]

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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