TSS Great Western (1902)
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| Operator: | 1902-1933: Great Western Railway |
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| Builder: | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Yard number: | 649 |
| Launched: | 1902 |
| Out of service: | 1933 |
| Fate: | Scrapped by John Cashmore, Newport, Monmouthshire |
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TSS Great Western was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1902.[1]
History
She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Irish Sea ferry service between Milford Haven and Waterford.[2] She was a sister ship to TSS Great Southern.
Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth.
In 1931 it was reported that she achieved a record crossing from Fishguard to Waterford, maintaining an average speed of 19.9 knots.[3]
In 1933 she was succeeded by a new ship of the same name, TSS Great Western and was renamed G.W.R. No. 20 until sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "New G.W.R Boats". Western Times. England. 24 April 1902. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Great Western Railway's steamer Great Western...". Hull Daily Mail. Hull. 30 December 1931. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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