TSS Colleen Bawn (1903)

History
Name:	Colleen Bawn
Owner:	1903–23: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1923–31:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator:	1903–23: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1923–31:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1903–28: Drogheda – Liverpool 1928–31: Holyhead – Greenore
Builder:	Vickers Limited
Launched:	1903
Out of service:	1931
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,204 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	260 ft (79 m)
Beam:	35.7 ft (10.9 m)
Draught:	15 ft (4.6 m)

TSS Colleen Bawn was a twin screw passenger steamship operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1903 to 1928.^[1]

History

She was built by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1903 and launched on 12 June 1903^[2] by Mrs. Aspinall, wife of John Aspinall, one of the directors of the railway company.

With her sister ship TSS Mellifont she provided a passenger and freight service between Drogheda and Liverpool as a replacement for the paddle steamers Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen.

In 1928 she moved to the Holyhead to Greenore route.

She was scrapped in 1931.

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