Name Mellifont Out of service 1933 | Builder Vickers Limited Launched 1903 | |
Owner 1903–23 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1923–33London, Midland and Scottish Railway Operator 1903–23 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1923–33London, Midland and Scottish Railway Route 1903–06 Drogheda – Liverpool
1906–12 Goole
1912–28 Drogheda – Liverpool
1928–33 Holyhead – Greenore | ||
TSS Mellifont 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. With her sister ship TSS Colleen Bawn she operated a passenger and freight service between Drogheda and Liverpool as a replacement for the paddle steamers Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen.
She operated from Goole on continental services from 1906 to 1912.
In 1928 she moved to the Holyhead to Greenore route.
She was scrapped in 1933.
References
TSS Mellifont (1903) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA