TSS Scotia (1902)

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SS Scotia docked at Holyhead in Wales.
History
Name
  • 1902-1920: TSS Scotia
  • 1920-1928: TSS Menevia
Owner
Operator
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Route1902-1928: HolyheadDublin
Builder William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number655
Launched11 January 1902
Maiden voyage23 April 1902
Out of service21 November 1928
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage1,872  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length330.2 ft (100.6 m)
Beam39.1 ft (11.9 m)
Speed21 knots

TSS Scotia was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1902 to 1923. [1]

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton for the London and North Western Railway in 1902.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty as an Armed boarding steamer in 1914.

She was renamed TSS Menevia in 1920. In 1928 she was sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and scrapped later that year by Thos. W. Ward.

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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962