TSS Gazelle was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1889.[1]
 As HMS Gazelle
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 1889–1925: TSS Gazelle |
| Operator | 1889–1925: Great Western Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 573 |
| Launched | 1889 |
| Out of service | 1925 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 880 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 235 ft (72 m) |
| Beam | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Depth | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
History
editShe was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead as one of a trio of new ships for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Channel Island Services. The other ships were TSS Antelope and TSS Lynx.
In 1907 most of the passenger accommodation was removed and she was then operated on cargo services.
She served as a minesweeper in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I and was finally broken up after 36 years service in 1925.[2]
References
edit- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5135-4.