- TSS Duke of Lancaster (1895)
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Career Name: TSS Duke of Lancaster
The RamseyOwner: 1895-1911: London and North Western Railway
1912-1915: Isle of Man Steam Packet CompanyOperator: 1895-1911: London and North Western Railway
1912-1915: Isle of Man Steam Packet CompanyPort of registry: Lancaster, United Kingdom Route: 1894-1911: Fleetwood - Belfast Builder: Naval Construction and Armament Company Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness Launched: 1895 Out of service: 8 August 1915 Fate: Sunk by torpedo General characteristics Type: Turbine steam ship Tonnage: 1,520 GT (gross tonnage) Length: 310 ft (94 m) Beam: 37 ft (11 m) The TSS Duke of Lancaster was a steamer passenger ship operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1895 to 1911.[1]
She was then sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet company and operated as The Ramsey from 1912 to 1915.
In 1914 she was requisitioned but was sunk by a torpedo in the North Sea on 8 August 1915.
References
- ^ Railway and other Steamers. C.L.D. Duckwork and G.E. Langmuir. Prescot, Lancashire. 1968.
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