Name Colleen Bawn Out of service 1931 Length 79 m | Builder Vickers Limited Launched 1903 Draft 4.6 m | |
Owner 1903–23 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1923–31London, Midland and Scottish Railway Operator 1903–23 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1923–31London, Midland and Scottish Railway Route 1903–28 Drogheda – Liverpool
1928–31 Holyhead – Greenore | ||
TSS Colleen Bawn was a twin screw passenger steamship operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1903 to 1928.
History
She was built by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1903 and launched on 12 June 1903 by Mrs. Aspinall, wife of John Aspinall, one of the directors of the railway company.
With her sister ship TSS Mellifont she provided a passenger and freight service between Drogheda and Liverpool as a replacement for the paddle steamers Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen.
In 1928 she moved to the Holyhead to Greenore route.
She was scrapped in 1931.
References
TSS Colleen Bawn (1903) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA