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RMS Duke of Argyll (1928)

Irish sea ferry (in operation 1928-1956)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	StateLibQld 1 51108 Duke of Argyll (ship).jpg
image_caption	Duke of Argyll
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	RMS Duke of Argyll
owner	*1928–47: London Midland and Scottish Railway
operator	*1928–47: London Midland and Scottish Railway
registry	United Kingdom Lancaster
route	1928–56: Heysham – Belfast
builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
yard_number	1194
launched	23 January 1928
fate	Scrapped 7 November 1956
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Turbine steam ship
tonnage	*
length	*349.1 ft p/p
*{{convert	360	ft	abbr	on}} o/a
beam	53.1 ft
depth	18.5 ft
power	1,628 NHP
propulsion	4 steam turbines; twin screws
speed	21 kn
capacity	1,500 day passengers; overnight cabins for 450 passengers; space for 250 cattle

1948–56: British Transport Commission
1948–56: British Transport Commission
tonnage under deck 1,998
360 ft o/a

'*RMS *Duke of Argyll''''' was an Irish Sea ferry that operated from 1928 to 1956. William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton on the Firth of Clyde built her for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. When the LMS was nationalised in 1948 she passed to the British Transport Commission.

History

The LMS ordered Duke of Argyll and two sister ships, and , for its passenger ferry route between Heysham and Belfast. William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton built her, completing her in April 1928.

In the Second World War Duke of Argyll became Hospital Ship 65. She assisted the Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo) in May 1940 and then the evacuation from Cherbourg the following month (Operation Aerial).

Replacement

In 1956 the BTC replaced Duke of Argyll with TSS Duke of Argyll

References

Sources

Col L.F. Morling, Sussex Sappers: A History of the Sussex Volunteer and Territorial Army Royal Engineer Units from 1890 to 1967, Seaford: 208th Field Co, RE/Christians–W.J. Offord, 1972.

References

Morling, p. 226.

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