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TSS Carlotta (1893)

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Name
  
1893-1930TSS Carlotta

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
38 m

Out of service
  
1930

Launched
  
1893

Draft
  
2.32 m

TSS Carlotta (1893)

Operator
  
1892-1912London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1912-1923Midland Railway 1923-1930London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Builder
  
A.W. Richardson and Company, London

Tonnage
  
261 gross register tons (GRT)

TSS Carlotta was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1892.

History

TSS Carlotta was built by A.W. Richardson and Company, London for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. She was their first twin-screw vessel. She was launched in 1893.

She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 and scrapped in 1930.

References

TSS Carlotta (1893) Wikipedia