TSS Dover
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Tuxedo Royal by Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough - geograph.org.uk - 105071.jpg |Ship caption= TSS Dover, as the Tuxedo Royale, in Middlesbrough dock, England, in 2004 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship name= Dover |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=*Swan Hunter, Wallsend |Ship original cost= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification={{IMO Number|6510784}} |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= |Ship name= Earl Siward |Ship namesake= Siward, Earl of Northumbria |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= |Ship name=Sol Express |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= |Ship name= Tuxedo Royale |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship fate=Damaged by fire in 2017, scrapped in 2018 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship length=*{{convert|112.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} (overall)
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TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), was a British ferry. Built in 1965 as a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry, she spent much of her later life as one of the permanently moored Tuxedo floating nightclubs before being laid up, latterly on the River Tees in Middlesbrough.
TSS Dover was built on the River Tyne in England by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was launched on 17 March 1965 and completed by June 1965. In 1977 she was renamed Earl Siward, and again in 1982 as the Sol Express. In 1993 she became the nightclub the Tuxedo Royale.
Entered the National Historic ships register in 2016 and spent a period waiting to be restored by the Tuxedo Royale Restoration project.
On 1 June 2017 Tuxedo Royale was badly damaged by fire.{{cite news |author= |title=Tuxedo Royale: Blaze tackled on old floating nightclub |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40116721 |location=BBC News |date=1 June 2017 |access-date=1 June 2017 }}
On 18 January 2018 Able UK announced that seven years after the owners went into administration, and with the lack of "any credible plans to move and restore the ship" the dismantling had begun.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/goodbye-tuxedo-royale-rusting-party-14139903|title=Goodbye Tuxedo Royale: Rusting party boat is finally being dismantled in Middlesbrough Dock|date=18 January 2018}}
References
External links
- [http://www.tssdover.co.uk The project website]
{{Commons category|IMO 6510784|TSS Dover}}
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Category:Ferries of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter
Category:Ships of British Rail