TSS Great Western (1933)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 1933–1966: TSS Great Western |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 998 |
| Launched | 21 November 1933 |
| Out of service | 1966 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,600 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 282.75 feet (86.18 m) |
| Beam | 40.33 feet (12.29 m) |
| Draught | 16.07 feet (4.90 m) |
| Installed power | 306 hp |
| Speed | 14 kts |
TSS Great Western was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1933.[1]
History
She was built in 1933 to replace an earlier ship of the same name, which had operated from Fishguard, a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, to Rosslare Harbour in Wexford, Ireland, since 1902. She was launched on 21 November, 1933 by Lady Cadman,[2] wife of Sir John Cadman, a director of the Great Western Railway, and had an experimental type of coal firing with mechanical stokers and a forced draught system, intended to be more economical than oil.[3]
From April to August in 1944, she performed as a troop ship, but returned to service and continued until 1966 when the service was abandoned
References
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Lady Cadman". Hull Daily Mail. Hull. 22 November 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Firm's largest wages bill for three years". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham. 22 November 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.