TSS Duke of Cumberland

Career
Name:	1909-1937:Duke of Cumberland 1927-1936:Picard
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:	1909-1914:Belfast – Fleetwood 1927-1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk
Builder:	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number:	873
Launched:	9 March 1909
Out of service:	1939
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	2,255 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

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