Out of service 1962 Launched 1906 Draft 2.56 m | Fate Scrapped Length 38 m | |
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Name 1906-1932TSS Gertrude
1932-????TSS Rochester Queen
????-1949Caid
1949-1962Djebel Derif Operator 1906-1912London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
1912-1922Midland Railway
1922-1932London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1932-????New Medway Steam Packet Company
????-1960M.H. Bland, Gibraltar Builder A.W. Robertson and Company Tonnage 255 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
TSS Gertrude was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1906.
History
TSS Tilbury was built by A.W. Robertson and Company for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. She was launched in 1906.
She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. She was sold in 1932 to the New Medway Steam Packet Company and renamed Rochester Queen. She was sold again to M.H. Bland in Gibraltar and renamed Caid. In 1949 she was renamed Djebel Derif and was scrapped in 1922.
References
TSS Gertrude (1906) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA