RMS_Duke_of_Argyll_(1928)

RMS <i>Duke of Argyll</i> (1928)

RMS Duke of Argyll (1928)

Irish sea ferry (in operation 1928-1956)

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.[1]

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History

The LMS ordered Duke of Argyll and two sister ships, RMS Duke of Lancaster and RMS Duke of Rothesay, for its passenger ferry route between Heysham and Belfast.[1] 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[citation needed] and then the evacuation from Cherbourg the following month (Operation Aerial).[2]

Replacement

In 1956 the BTC replaced Duke of Argyll with TSS Duke of Argyll[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Clegg & Styring 1962, p. 55.
  2. [2]
    Morling, p. 226.
  3. [3]
    Clegg & Styring 1962, p. 111.

Sources

  • Clegg, W Paul; Styring, John S (1962). Steamers of British Railways and Associate Companies. Prescot: T Stephenson & Sons. pp. 55, 111.
  • 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.
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