Engineering:TSS Olga (1887)

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History
Name: 1887-1908: TSS Olga
Owner: 1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Route: 1887-1908: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 557
Launched: 3 August 1887
Out of service: March 1908
Fate: Scrapped 1908
General characteristics
Tonnage: 970 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 301.5 ft (91.9 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draught: 13.6 ft (4.1 m)

TSS Olga was a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1887 to 1908.[1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1888 and put on the Holyhead - Dublin route. She was one of a trio of ships built over 4 years for this route, all of a similar size. The other ships were the Irene and Anglesey.

Olga was the first L&NWR ship to be fitted with triple engines.[citation needed]

She was disposed of in 1908.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962