Yard number 571 Beam 27.5 ft (8.4 m) Length 72 m Builder Cammell Laird | Fate Scrapped Launched 1889 Draft 3.4 m | |
Name 1889-1913 TSS Lynx
WW1 HMS Lynn Operator 1889-1913 Great Western Railway
WW1 Royal Navy Tonnage 880 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
TSS Lynx 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 Antelope.
Most of the passenger accommodation was removed in 1910 after which she was operated as a cargo vessel.
She served as minesweeper HMS Lynn in the Mediterranean during World War I and was finally broken up after 36 year’s service.
References
TSS Lynx (1889) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA