Out of service 31 March 1918 Launched 1908 Draft 4.3 m | Fate Sunk Length 91 m | |
Name 1908-1918 TSS Slieve Bloom Owner 1908-1918 London and North Western Railway Operator 1908-1918 London and North Western Railway Tonnage 1,166 gross register tons (GRT) Builder Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | ||
TSS Slieve Bloom was a twin screw steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1908 to 1918.
History
She was built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness for the London and North Western Railway in 1908. She was named after the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Ireland. She was very similar in specification to her sister ship, Slieve Gallion.
She sank near South Stack lighthouse in a collision with the USS Stockton, a US destroyer on 31 March 1918, with the loss of all of her cargo, 370 cattle, 12 horses, general goods and railway rolling stock. The passengers were taken by the destroyer to Holyhead. The destroyer put into Liverpool for repairs to her bow.
References
TSS Slieve Bloom (1908) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA