TSS Rathmore (1908)

History
Name:
  • 1908-1927: TSS Rathmore
  • 1927-1932: TSS Lorrain
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route:
Builder: Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched: 1908
Out of service: September 1932
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,569 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 299.5 ft (91.3 m)
Beam: 40.2 ft (12.3 m)
Draught: 15.5 ft (4.7 m)

TSS Rathmore was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1908 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1927.[1]

History

She was built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness for the London and North Western Railway in 1908.

On 4 March 1918, she was sunk in a collision and 26 people went missing,[2] but was successfully raised and continued in service.

She was sold in 1927 to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace for the Tilbury to Dunkirk service, and was scrapped in 1932.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. Chicago Tribune, 16 March 1918
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