Yard number 593 Launched January 1893 Draft 4.06 m | Fate Sank 13 August 1941 Length 86 m Beam 9.769 m | |
Name 1893-1925TSS City of Belfast
1925-1933Nicolaos Togias
1933-1941Kephallina Operator 1893-1907Barrow Steam Navigation Company
1907-1923Midland Railway
1923-1925London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1925-1941Constantine Togias Builder Laird Brothers, Birkenhead Tonnage 1,055 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
The TSS City of Belfast was a passenger vessel built for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company in 1893.
History
The TSS City of Belfast was built by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company. She was launched in January 1893 by Mrs Little, Mayoress of Barrow-in-Furness. She was used on the Barrow-in-Furness-to-Belfast route, although she occasionally made trips to Douglas on the Isle of Man.
She was sold to the Midland Railway in 1907
In 1914 she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS City of Belfast for service during World War I; she reverted to her original name after the war. In 1923 she was acquired by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, but in 1925 they sold her to Constantine Togias and she was renamed Nicolaos Togias. In 1933 she was renamed Kephallina. She foundered and sank on 13 August 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt, during a voyage carrying supplies to Allied forces Tobruk, Libya, during World War II. The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hero stood by her and rescued her survivors.