TSS Duke of Connaught

Career
Name:	Duke of Connaught
Owner:	1902-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1934:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator:	1902-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1934:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1902-1930: Belfast – Fleetwood 1930-1934: Hull – Zeebrugge
Builder:	John Brown & Company
Yard number:	353
Launched:	20 August 1902
Out of service:	1934
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,680 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	315 ft (96 m)
Beam:	38.2 ft (11.6 m)
Speed:	20 knots

TSS Duke of Connaught was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1923.^[1]

History

She was built at Cammell Laird, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. She operated on the Douglas to Heysham route until 1930 when she was transferred to the Hull to Zeebrugge services.

She was re-boilered by Vickers in 1921.

References

1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962