TSS Cambria (1897)

	Postcard of Cambria
History
United Kingdom
Name	1897-1919: TSS Cambria; 1919-1925: TSS Arvonia;
Namesake	Latin name for Wales
Owner	1897-1923: London and North Western Railway; 1923-1925: London, Midland and Scottish Railway;
Operator	1897-1925: London and North Western Railway; 1923-1925: London, Midland and Scottish Railway;
Port of registry	Dublin
Route	1902-1923: Holyhead – Dublin; 1923-1925: Holyhead to Greenore and Heysham to Douglas;
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	574
Launched	4 August 1897
Out of service	11 June 1925
Fate	Scrapped 1925
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,842 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	329 ft (100 m)
Beam	39.1 ft (11.9 m)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)

TSS Cambria was a twin screw passenger steamship operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1897 to 1923.^[1]

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton for the London and North Western Railway in 1897 in response to the competition launched by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company who had launched a steamer in 1896 capable of 24 knots and a Holyhead to Dublin crossing time of 2¾ hours.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty as an Armed boarding steamer in 1914 and became a hospital ship after August 1915.

She was renamed TSS Arvonia in 1919. In August 1922 she was again requisitioned as a troopship, this time by the Irish Free State^[2] along with Lady Wicklow

In 1925 she was scrapped.

References

↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
↑ McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-7165-2523-2.

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[1] Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

[2] McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-7165-2523-2.

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