TSS Snowdon (1902)

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History
Name: 1902-1935: TSS Snowdon
Owner: 1902-1935 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1902-1935 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route: 1902-1935: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 651
Launched: 1902
Out of service: 1935
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,110  gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 299.9 ft (91.4 m)
Beam: 36.6 ft (11.2 m)
Draught: 14 ft (4.3 m)

TSS Snowdon was a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1902 to 1935. [1]

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History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1902 and put on the Holyhead - Dublin route.

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She was scrapped in 1935 at Port Glasgow.

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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962