Engineering:TSS Duke of Cumberland

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History
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
Route
  • 1909–1914: Belfast – Fleetwood
  • 1927–1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number873
Launched9 March 1909
Out of service1939
FateScrapped 19 February 1939
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,052 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. The Duke of Cumberland was part of the joint Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway-London & North Western Railway service between Fleetwood and Belfast from 1909 to 1922, when she passed into the hands of the LNWR alone. She then passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927, she was renamed Picard for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1939.[2]

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html . Retrieved 27 February 2019

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