Engineering:TSS Slieve Bawn (1936)

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History
Name: 1937-1967: TSS Slieve Bawn
Owner:
  • 1937-1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  • 1948-1968: British Transport Commission
  • 1962-1972: British Rail
Operator:
  • 1937-1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  • 1948-1968: British Transport Commission
  • 1962-1972: British Rail
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1937-1972: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 1299
Launched: 15 December 1936
Completed: 1937
Out of service: 15 June 1972
Fate: Scrapped at Gijon
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,573 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 309.6 ft (94.4 m)
Beam: 47.4 ft (14.4 m)
Draught: 13 ft (4.0 m)

TSS Slieve Bawn was a twin screw steamer cargo vessel operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1935 to 1948, and the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962.[1]

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, launched in 1936 and handed over to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1937.

She was named after the mountain Slieve Bawn in Ireland

She replaced the Slieve Gallion of 1907.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962