TSS Duke of Argyll (1909)

History
Name:
  • 1909-1927: TSS Duke of Argyll
  • 1927-1936: TSS Alsacien
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route:
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 874
Launched: 6 May 1909
Out of service: 1937
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 331 ft (101 m)
Beam: 41 ft (12 m)
Speed: 21 knots

TSS Duke of Argyll 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 Alsacien 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
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