Name TSS Lorina Out of service 29 May 1940 Launched 12 August 1918 Beam 11 m | Yard number 1021 Fate Bombed and sunk Length 89 m | |
Operator 1918-1923London and South Western Railway1923-1940Southern Railway Builders William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton | ||
TSS Lorina was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1918.
History
She was built by William Denny and Brothers and launched on 12 August 1918 and later converted into a troopship by Caledon Shipyards in Dundee. After an initial role as a troop ship, she was deployed on service in March 1920 for the railway company to the Channel Islands.
In 1923, the TSS Lorina was acquired by the Southern Railway. On 27 August 1927 when leaving Guernsey she collided with a motor fishing boat in St Peter Port. The fishing boat sank within two minutes, and one of the fishermen drowned. On 23 October 1935 she struck the Platte Rock near St Helier Harbour but there were no casualties.
She was bombed and sunk on 29 May 1940 off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eight crew.