Out of service 1937 Launched 11 October 1886 | Fate Scrapped Length 86 m | |
Name 1886-1919TSS Cambridge1919-1922TSS Gul Nehad1922-1937TSS Gulnihal Operator 1886-1912Great Eastern Railway1912-1919Anglo-Ottoman Steamship Company1919-1922Administration de Navire a Vapeur Ottomane, Galatea, Constantiople1922-1937? Route 1886-1912Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp Builder | ||
TSS Cambridge was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1886.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 11 October 1886. She was launched by the Mayor of Cambridge (Mr. W. B. Redfern), accompanied by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. Alderman Deck).
She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route.
She was sold in 1912 to the Anglo-Ottoman Steamship Company. In 1919 she was acquired by the Administration de Navire a Vapeur Ottomane, Galatea, Constantinople and renamed Gul Nehad. She was sold again in 1922 and renamed Gulnihad. She was scrapped in 1937.
References
SS Cambridge (1886) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA