TSS Duke of Argyll (1909)

Career
Name:	1909-1927: TSS Duke of Argyll 1927-1936: TSS Alsacien
Owner:	1909-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927-1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Operator:	1909-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927-1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Port of registry:
Route:	1909-1927: Belfast – Fleetwood 1927-1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk
Builder:	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number:	874
Launched:	6 May 1909
Out of service:	1937
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	331 ft (101 m)
Beam:	41 ft (12 m)
Speed:	21 knots

TSS Duke of Argyll 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 Alsacien by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History

She was built at William Denny and Brothers, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909.

References

1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962