| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 1897-1928: TSS Reindeer |
| Operator | 1897-1928: Great Western Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched | 1897 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,281 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 280 feet (85 m) |
| Beam | 34.4 feet (10.5 m) |
| Draught | 16.66 feet (5.08 m) |
| Installed power | 643 hp |
| Speed | 19.5 kts |
TSS Reindeer was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1897. [1]
This ship was one of a pair, the other being TSS Roebuck, built by the Naval Construction and Armaments Company in Barrow-in-Furness in 1897. She was launched on 1 May 1897. [2]
In an inauspicious start to her career, she collided with the Brodick Castle in Weymouth Harbour on 3 September 1897. [3]
She was put in reserve in 1925 when new steamers St Julien and St Helier arrived. She continued in occasional service, and on 12 March 1926 struck the entrance to Jersey Harbour. [4] She was cut up at Briton Ferry in 1928. [5]
The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. Powers were granted by Act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships operated by Ford and Jackson on the route between Wales and Ireland. Services were operated between Weymouth, the Channel Islands and France on the former Weymouth and Channel Islands Steam Packet Company routes. Smaller GWR vessels were also used as tenders at Plymouth and on ferry routes on the River Severn and River Dart. The railway also operated tugs and other craft at their docks in Wales and South West England.
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