History
Name
  • 1909-1937:Duke of Cumberland
  • 1927-1936:Picard
Owner
Operator
Route
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number873
Launched9 March 1909
Out of service1939
FateScrapped 19 February 1939
General characteristics
Tonnage2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length330.4 ft (100.7 m)
Beam40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Speed21 knots

TSS Duke of Cumberland was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1909 to 1923.[1] and also as Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History

She was built at William Denny and Brothers, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. The Duke of Cumberland was part of the joint Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway-London & North Western Railway service between Fleetwood and Belfast from 1909 to 1922, when she passed into the hands of the LNWR alone. She then passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927, she was renamed Picard for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1939.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. ↑ "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html. Retrieved 27 February 2019
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