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SS Amsterdam (1894)

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Name
  
TSS Amsterdam

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
92 m

Beam
  
11 m

Out of service
  
1928

Launched
  
24 January 1894

Depth
  
4.94 m

Operator
  
1894-1923Great Eastern Railway1923-1938London and North Eastern Railway

Tonnage
  
1,745 gross register tons (GRT)

Builders
  
Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull

TSS Amsterdam was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1894.

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 24 January 1894. She was launched by Mrs. Van Hasselt, wife of one of the Directors of the Holland Railway. Many members of Amsterdam Town Council were present at the launch, which showed the importance of this new service to the city. She was the second vessel launched that year by the Great Eastern Railway after the Berlin on 10 January 1894.

Initially placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route she was transferred to the Antwerp service in 1910.

In 1923 she fell under the ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway. She was scrapped in 1928.

References

SS Amsterdam (1894) Wikipedia


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