TSS Duke of Cumberland
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Route | |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 873 |
| Launched | 9 March 1909 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| Fate | Scrapped 19 February 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,052 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 330.4 ft (100.7 m) |
| Beam | 40.9 ft (12.5 m) |
| Speed | 21 knots |
TSS Duke of Cumberland 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 Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.
History
[edit]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 Cumberland 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 then passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927, she was renamed Picard for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1939.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
- ^ "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 27 February 2019