TSS Gazelle (1889)

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As HMS Gazelle
History
Name1889-1925: TSS Gazelle
Operator1889-1925: Great Western Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderLaird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number573
Launched1889
Out of service1925
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage880 gross register tons (GRT)
Length235 ft (72 m)
Beam27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth14 ft (4.3 m)

TSS Gazelle was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1889.[1]

History[]

She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead as one of a trio of new ships for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Channel Island Services. The other ships were TSS Antelope and TSS Lynx.

In 1907 most of the passenger accommodation was removed and she was then operated on cargo services.

She served as a minesweeper in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I and was finally broken up after 36 years service in 1925.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5135-4.
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