Misplaced Pages

List of shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

A list of the shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway is shown below:

Location Pre-grouping company
Alloa CR
Ayr G&SWR
Barrow FR
Bowling CR
Bristol (Avonside and Kings Wharf) MR
Deganwy Quay LNWR
Fairlie (Clyde Pier) G&SWR
Fleetwood LNWR & L&YR Joint
Foryd Pier LNWR
Garston LNWR
Gourock (Clyde Pier) CR
Grangemouth CR
Gravesend (Town and West St Piers) MR
Heysham MR
Highbridge S&DJR
Holyhead LNWR
Kyle of Lochalsh HR
Largs (Clyde Pier) G&SWR
Lydney S&WJR
Oban (Railway Pier) CR
Poplar MR
Poplar NLR
Renfrew (Clyde Pier) G&SWR
Stranraer P&WJR
Tilbury (Riverside) landing stage MR
Troon G&SWR
Wemyss Bay (Clyde Pier) CR
Wyre Dock LNWR (L&YR)

List of ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Vessel Name Built by Launched Usual route Notes GRT
Cambria LMS 1949 Holyhead-Dublin Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. 1976 sold to Saudi Arabia, renamed Altaif 4,972
Duke of Argyll LMS 1928 Heysham-Belfast Renamed Duke of Argyll II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. 3,604
Duke of Lancaster LMS 1928 Heysham-Belfast Renamed Duke of Lancaster II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. 3,608
Duke of Rothesay LMS 1928 Heysham-Belfast Renamed Duke of Rothesay II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. 3,606
Duke of York LMS 1935 Heysham-Belfast War service 1939-1945 including Normandy landings. Re-fitting completed in 1947 after a delay and re-entered Heysham-Belfast service that year. Transferred to Harwich-Hook of Holland service in May 1948. Sold in 1963 for conversion to a cruise vessel. Broken up in 1976. 3,743
Glen Sannox LMS 1925 Clyde Scrapped 1954 690
Hibernia LMS 1949 Holyhead-Dublin Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. Sold to Greece in 1976 becoming the Express Apollon 4,973
Hampton Ferry LMS 1934 Dover-Dunkirk, Stranraer-Larne Owned by Southern Railway, requisitioned as HMS Hampton 1939. Used on Stranraer-Larne route 1940–44. Returned to Southern Railway 1947. Sold to Bermuda in 1969 becoming the Tre-Addur. 2,839
Princess Margaret LMS 1931 Stranraer-Larne Sold to Hong Kong in 1962 becoming the Macau 2,523
Princess Maud LMS 1933 Stranraer-Larne Sold to Cyprus in 1965 becoming the Venus 2,886
Princess Victoria LMS 1939 HMS Princess Victoria was part of the Humber Force and was involved primarily in the laying of the East Coast barrier to protect the convoys.

Sunk by a mine on 19 May 1940 off the River Humber.

2,197
Princess Victoria LMS 1946 Stranraer-Larne Capsized and sank in a severe storm in January 1953 2,197
Slieve Bawn LMS 1937 Dublin-Holyhead Scrapped 1972 1,573
Slieve Bearnagh LMS 1936 Heysham-Belfast Scrapped 1972 1,450
Slieve Bloom LMS 1930 Heysham-Belfast Scrapped 1965 1,297
Slieve League LMS 1935 Dublin-Holyhead Scrapped 1967 1,343
Slieve More LMS 1932 Heysham-Belfast Scrapped 1965 1,409
Duke of Clarence L&Y 1892 Fleetwood – Belfast, Hull – Zeebrugge, Liverpool - Drogheda Scrapped 1930 1,458
Aire GSS 1886 Scrapped 1930 698
Alt GSS 1911 Goole – Hamburg, Goole-Rotterdam Scrapped 1954 1,004
Calder GSS 1887 Scrapped 1931 704
Derwent GSS 1888 Goole - Rotterdam Scrapped 1926 830
Hodder GSS 1910 Goole - Hamburg Scrapped 1956 1,016
Irwell GSS 1906 Scrapped 1954 1,040
Mersey GSS 1906 Goole-Hull-Rotterdam Sunk by a mine on 20 April 1940 1,037
Nidd GSS 1900 Goole-Antwerp Scrapped in 1933 996
Ouse GSS 1911 Goole-Hamburg Sunk in 1940 after a collision with SS Rye 1,004
Rother GSS 1914 Goole-Copenhagen Scrapped in 1956 986
Wharfe GSS 1890 Goole-Rotterdam Scrapped in 1933 914
Duke of Argyll L&Y and LNWR joint services 1909 Fleetwood-Belfast Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Alsacien, in 1927. 2,052
Duke of Connaught L&Y and LNWR joint services 1902 Fleetwood-Belfast Scrapped in 1934 1,680
Duke of Cornwall L&Y and LNWR joint services 1898 Fleetwood-Derry, Fleetwood-Belfast Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 becoming Rushen Castle 1,540
Duke of Cumberland L&Y and LNWR joint services 1909 Fleetwood-Belfast Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Picard, in 1927. 2,052
Anglia LNWR 1920 Holyhead-Dublin Scrapped 1935 3,460
Arvonia LNWR 1897 Holyhead-Dublin Was named Cambria until 1920. Scrapped 1925 1,842
Cambria LNWR 1920 Holyhead-Dublin Renamed Cambria II in 1948. Scrapped 1949 3,445
Curraghmore LNWR 1921 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Renamed Duke of Abercorn in 1930. Scrapped 1935 1,587
Galtee More LNWR 1921 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Scrapped 1926 1,112
Greenore LNWR 1912 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Scrapped 1926 1,488
Hibernia LNWR 1912 Holyhead-Dublin Renamed Hibernia II in 1948. Scrapped 1949 3,458
Rathmore LNWR 1908 Holyhead-Dublin Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Lorrain, in 1927. 1,569
Rosstrevor LNWR 1895 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Scrapped in 1926 1,065
Menevia LNWR 1902 Holyhead-Dublin Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 1,872
Scotia LNWR 1920 Holyhead-Dublin Bombed by German aircraft and sunk at Dunkirk on 1 June 1940 3,454
Slieve Bawn LNWR 1905 Holyhead-Dublin Scrapped 1935 1,061
Slieve Donard LNWR 1921 Holyhead-Dublin Scrapped 1954 1,116
Slieve Gallion LNWR 1907 Holyhead-Dublin Scrapped 1937 1,116
Slievemore LNWR 1904 Holyhead-Dublin Scrapped 1932 1,053
Snowdon LNWR 1904 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Scrapped 1935 1,021
South Stack LNWR 1900 Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore Scrapped 1931 977
Princess Maud PWJR 1904 Stranraer - Larne Scrapped 1932 1,746
Princess Victoria PWJR 1912 Stranraer - Larne Scrapped 1934 1,678
Antrim MR 1904 Heysham-Belfast Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 becoming Ramsey Town 2,100
City of Belfast MR 1893 Barrow in Furness - Belfast Sold to Greece in 1925 becoming Nicolaos Togias 1,055
Duchess of Devonshire MR 1897 Barrow in Furness - Belfast Sold to Gibraltar in 1928 becoming Gibel Dersa 1,265
Londonderry MR 1904 Barrow in Furness - Belfast Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Flamand, in 1927. 2,086

Sources

  1. Whitehouse & Thomas 2002, p. 118
  2. Haws 1993, p. 181
  3. "Steam Turbine GLEN SANNOX built by William Denny & Bros in 1925 for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Glasgow, Passenger". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. "Steam Turbine SLIEVE BEARNAGH built by William Denny & Bros in 1936 for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Lancaster, Cargo General". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  • Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers-Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
  • Whitehouse, Patrick; Thomas, David St John (2002) . LMS 150: The London Midland & Scottish Railway - A century and a half of progress. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-1378-9.
The "Big Four" pre-nationalisation British railway companies
GWR constituents
LNER constituents
LMS constituents
SR constituents
See also
History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947
List of companies involved in the grouping
Categories:
List of shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Add topic