TSS Duke of Cumberland

TSS Duke of Cumberland 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 Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History
Name:
  • 1909-1937:Duke of Cumberland
  • 1927-1936:Picard
Owner:
Operator:
Route:
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number: 873
Launched: 9 March 1909
Out of service: 1939
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 330.4 ft (100.7 m)
Beam: 40.9 ft (12.5 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 Cumberland 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 then passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927, she was renamed Picard for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1939.[2]

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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