TSS Duke of Connaught
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Duke of Connaught | Ship owner =*1902–1923: London and North Western Railway
|Ship namesake=Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | Ship operator =*1902–1923: London and North Western Railway
| Ship registry = | Ship route =*1902–1930: Belfast – Fleetwood | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = John Brown & Company | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 353 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 20 August 1902 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 1934 | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Scrapped 1934 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|1,680|disp=long}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|315|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|38.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = 20 knots | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
TSS Duke of Connaught was a passenger vessel operated jointly by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1922.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962 In the LYR-LNWR naming system, she was named for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), a younger son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
History
The Duke of Connaught was built at Cammell Laird, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. She operated on the Fleetwood-Belfast route and passed into the hands of the LNWR in 1922 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. In 1921 she was re-boilered by Vickers. The Duke of Connaught remained on the Fleetwood-Belfast route until 1930 when she was transferred to the Hull to Zeebrugge service. She sailed between Hull and Zeebrugge in the summer, returning to the Fleetwood-Belfast service for the winter months. In the early 1930s she also sailed on cruises, such as the one advertised for 13–17 June 1931 in which she sailed from Fleetwood to Stromness, Aberdeen and Hull. The Duke of Connaught was scrapped in 1934.{{Cite web|url=http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR1.html|title="Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast"}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway