TSS Scotia (1902)

TSS Scotia was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1902 to 1923.[1]

SS Scotia docked at Holyhead in Wales.
History
Name:
  • 1902-1920: TSS Scotia
  • 1920-1928: TSS Menevia
Owner:
Operator:
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

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 Thos W Ward.

References
  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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