Engineering:TSS Hibernia (1920)

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History
Name:
  • 1920-1948: TSS Hibernia
  • 1948: TSS Hibernia II
Owner:
  • 1920-1923: London and North Western Railway
  • 1923-1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  • 1948 British Transport Commission
Operator:
  • 1920-1923: London and North Western Railway
  • 1923-1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  • 1948 British Transport Commission
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1920-1948: Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 1035
Launched: 9 March 1920
Out of service: 1948
Fate: Scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,467 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 380.6 ft (116.0 m)
Beam: 45.2 ft (13.8 m)

TSS Hibernia was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1920 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1948.[1]

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton and launched in 1920.

In 1948 she was renamed TSS Hibernia II in preparation for a new vessel of the same name, the MV Hibernia (1949). Only a few months later she was scrapped by the British Transport Commission.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962