TSS Antelope (1889)

History
Name	1889–1913: Antelope 1913–1933: Antromitos
Operator	1889–1913: Great Western Railway 1913–1933: Greek owner
Port of registry
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number	572
Launched	4 May 1889 [1]
Out of service	1933
Fate	Scrapped 1933 in Italy
General characteristics
Tonnage	880  GRT
Length	235 ft (72 m)
Beam	27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth	14 ft (4.3 m)

TSS Antelope was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1889. ^[2]

History

She was built by Laird Brothers at Birkenhead as one of a trio of new ships for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Channel Island Services. The other ships were TSS Gazelle and TSS Lynx. The new steamer was launched on 4 May 1889 ^[3] and named by Miss MacIver, daughter of Mr. David MacIver of Woodslee, one of the directors of the company. She made her inaugural voyage between Weymouth and the Channel Islands on 17 July 1889. ^[4]

In 1913 she was sold to a Greek owner and renamed Antromitos. ^[5] She was broken up in Italy in 1933.

References

1. "New Great Western Steamer" . The Star. England. 11 May 1889. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
3. "New Great Western Steamer" . The Star. England. 11 May 1889. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Launch" . The Star. England. 23 July 1889. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5135-4.