TSS Slieve Donard was a steam turbine passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1948.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
History
She was built by Cammell Laird in 1921 as the last ship for the London and North Western Railway and put on the Holyhead – Dublin route.
She was named after the Slieve Donard (,Placenames Database of Ireland derived from Sliabh Domhanghairt/Domhanghart)O'Mulconry, Ferfeasa. Annala Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland (Volume 1). Hodges, Smith, and co., 1856. Page 6. mountain in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the highest peak of the Mourne Mountains.
She was generally employed on the Thursday mid-day trip from Dublin for the cattle-dealers returning from market.
She was scrapped in 1954.
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