TSS Duke of Argyll (1909)

TSS Duke of Argyll 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 Alsacien by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History
Name:
  • 1909-1927: TSS Duke of Argyll
  • 1927-1936: TSS Alsacien
Owner:
Operator:
Route:
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 874
Launched: 6 May 1909
Out of service: 1937
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 331 ft (101 m)
Beam: 41 ft (12 m)
Speed: 21 knots

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 Argyll 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 passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927 she was renamed Alsacien for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1937.[2]

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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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