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| Route: | 1886-1912:Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp |
| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 11 October 1886 |
| Out of service: | 1937 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,194 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 280.5 feet (85.5 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
| Depth: | 15.2 feet (4.6 m) |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots |
TSS Cambridge was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1886. [1]
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 11 October 1886. [2] She was launched by the Mayor of Cambridge (Mr. W. B. Redfern), accompanied by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. Alderman Deck).
She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route. [3]
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