TSS Curraghmore (1919)

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History
Name:
  • 1919–30: Curraghmore
  • 1930–35: Duke of Abercorn
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 1026
Laid down: 1914
Launched: 30 April 1919
Out of service: 1 October 1935
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,587  gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 310 ft (94 m)
Beam: 40 ft (12 m)

TSS Curraghmore was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1919 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1935. [1]

London and North Western Railway former railway company in United Kingdom

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.

London, Midland and Scottish Railway British “Big 4” railway company, active 1923–1947

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, Midland Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, several Scottish railway companies, and numerous other, smaller ventures.

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton and launched in 1919. She had been laid down in 1914 but her completion and delivery was delayed by the First World War.

William Denny and Brothers Scottish shipbuilding company

William Denny and Brothers Limited, and often referred to simply as Denny, was a Scottish shipbuilding company.

Dumbarton town and burgh in Scotland

Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.

In 1930 she was transferred to Heysham and renamed Duke of Abercorn. In 1935 she was scrapped.

Heysham village in the United Kingdom

Heysham is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations.

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References

  1. ↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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