TSS Duke of Argyll (1909)

History
Name	1909–1927: TSS Duke of Argyll 1927–1936: TSS Alsacien
Owner	1909–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927–1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Operator	1909–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927–1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Route	1909–1927: Belfast – Fleetwood 1927–1936: Tilbury – Dunkirk
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	874
Launched	6 May 1909
Out of service	1937
Fate	Scrapped 1937
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,052  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length	331 ft (101 m)
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Speed	21 knots

TSS Duke of Argyll was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1909 to 1923. ^[1] and also as Alsacien by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History

She was built at William Denny and Brothers, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. The Duke of Argyll was part of the joint Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway-London & North Western Railway service between Fleetwood and Belfast from 1909 to 1922 when she passed into the hands of the LNWR alone. She passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927 she was renamed Alsacien for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1937. ^[2]

References

1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
2. "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway – Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html%5B%5D. Retrieved 27 February 2019