Yard number 250 Fate Scrapped Length 77 m Beam 11 m | Out of service 1933 Launched 16 July 1890 Draft 4.51 m | |
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Name 1890-1923SS Lydia1923-1933SS Ierax Operator 1885-1920London and South Western Railway1920Thomas Sales1920-1921Montague Yates, London1921-1922R E V James, Southampton1922-1923Coast Lines, Liverpool1923-1929Navigation a Vapeur Ionienne, G. Yannoulato Freres, Argostoli1929-1933Hellenic Coast Lines, Piraeus Builder J and G Thomson, Clydebank | ||
SS Lydia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1890.
History
The ship was built by J and G Thomson of Clydebank and launched on 16 July 1890 for the fast mail and passenger service between Southampton and the Channel Islands. She made her trial trip on the River Clyde on 12 September 1890 when she attained the speed of 19.5 knots. She was built with accommodation for 170 first class passengers, 70 second class and numerous steerage passengers. She was one of an order of three ships, the others being Frederica and Stella.
In 1915 she was attacked by a submarine, but the torpedo passed 50 yards from the ship.
She was sold in 1920 and by 1922 was owned by Coast Lines to operate between Dublin and Preston. In 1923 she was sold to Navigation a Vapeur Ionienne and renamed Ierax. In 1929 she transferred to Hellenic Coast Lines of Piraeus and was scrapped in 1933.