Yard number 572 Fate Scrapped in Italy Length 72 m Builder Cammell Laird | Out of service 1933 Launched 4 May 1889 Draft 3.4 m | |
Name 1889-1913 TSS Antelope
1913-1933 TSS Antromitos Operator 1889-1913 Great Western Railway
1913-1933 Greek owner Tonnage 880 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
TSS Antelope was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1889.
History
She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead as one of a trio of new ships for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Channel Island Services. The other ships were TSS Gazelle and TSS Lynx. The new steamer was launched on 4 May 1889 and named by Miss MacIver, daughter of Mr. David MacIver of Woodslee, one of the directors of the company. She made her inaugural voyage between Weymouth and the Channel Islands on 17 July 1889.
In 1913 she was sold to a Greek owner and renamed Antromitos. She was broken up in Italy in 1933
References
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