Engineering:TSS Slieve Bawn (1904)

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History
Name: 1904-1927: TSS Slieve Bawn
Owner:
  • 1904-1923: London and North Western Railway
  • 1923-1935: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator:
  • 1904-1923: London and North Western Railway
  • 1923-1935: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1904-1935: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Harland and Wolff
Yard number: 370[1]
Launched: 1904
Completed: 10 October 1905[1]
Out of service: 1935
Fate: Scrapped 1935
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,148 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 300.2 ft (91.5 m)
Beam: 39.3 ft (12.0 m)

TSS Slieve Bawn was a twin screw steamer passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1904 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1935.[2]

History

She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast for the London and North Western Railway in 1904.

She was named after the mountain Slieve Bawn in Ireland

In 1917 she came to the rescue of passengers from the White Star Liner RMS Celtic when this ship hit a mine off the Isle of Man.

She was scrapped in 1935 and replaced by the Slieve League.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780752488615. 
  2. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962