TSS Cambria (1920)

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History
Name
  • 1921–48: TSS Cambria
  • 1948–49: TSS Cambria II
Owner
Operator
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route1921–48: HolyheadDún Laoghaire
Builder William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number1036
Launched31 August 1920
Maiden voyage1921
Out of service23 July 1949
FateScrapped 1949
General characteristics
Tonnage3,445  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length380.6 ft (116.0 m)
Beam45.2 ft (13.8 m)

TSS Cambria was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1948. [1]

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton and launched in 1920, but she did not come into service with the London and North Western Railway until 1921.

In 1948 she was renamed TSS Cambria II in preparation for a new vessel of the same name, the motor vessel Cambria and the following year she was scrapped by the British Transport Commission.

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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962