TSS Great Southern (1902)

TSS Great Southern was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1902.[1]

History
Name: 1902-1934: TSS Great Southern
Operator: 1902-1934: Great Western Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number: 650
Launched: 1902
Out of service: 1934
Fate: Scrapped by John Cashmore, Newport, Monmouthshire
General characteristics

History

She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Irish Sea ferry service between Milford Haven and Waterford.[2] She was a sister ship to TSS Great Western.

In 1910 she ran aground on shingle at Parkswood, Waterford River during a fog.[3] She ran aground again in the same river in 1929.[4]

Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth on the Channel Islands service.

In 1934 she was sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire.

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References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "G.W.R Half-Yearly Report". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. Bath. 14 August 1902. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "G.W.R Steamer Aground". Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 1 February 1910. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Ashore in a Fog". Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 9 February 1929. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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