TSS Great Western (1902)

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History
Name
  • 1902-1933: TSS Great Western
  • 1933: GWR. No. 20
Operator1902-1933: Great Western Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderLaird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number649
Launched1902
Out of service1933
FateScrapped by John Cashmore, Newport, Monmouthshire
General characteristics

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

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 Southern.

Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth.

In 1931 it was reported that she achieved a record crossing from Fishguard to Waterford, maintaining an average speed of 19.9 knots.[3]

In 1933 she was succeeded by a new ship of the same name, TSS Great Western and was renamed G.W.R. No. 20 until sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire.

References[]

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "New G.W.R Boats". Western Times. England. 24 April 1902. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Great Western Railway's steamer Great Western...". Hull Daily Mail. Hull. 30 December 1931. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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