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TSS Wyvern (1905)

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Name
  
1905-1960TSS Wyvern

Out of service
  
June 1960

Launched
  
10 October 1905

Draft
  
3.38 m

Yard number
  
164

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
34 m

Builder
  
Ferguson Shipbuilders

Operator
  
1905-1923Midland Railway 1923-1948London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1948-1960British Railways

Tonnage
  
215 gross register tons (GRT)

TSS Wyvern was a passenger vessel built for the Midland Railway in 1905.

History

TSS Wyvern was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow for the Midland Railway. She was launched on 10 October 1905. She was named the Wyvern after the company crest of the Midland Railway.

She was used for pleasure excursions from Heysham to Fleetwood until 1939. She was acquired by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 and British Railways in 1960. and disposed of in 1970.

References

TSS Wyvern (1905) Wikipedia