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
Route	1903–28: Drogheda – Liverpool 1928–31: Holyhead – Greenore
Builder	Vickers Limited
Launched	1903
Out of service	1931
Fate	Scrapped 1931
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 1922.^[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 In 1912 the other ex-Drogheda Steam Packet Company paddlers, Iverna and Norah Creina, were also withdrawn from service.

Passenger service between Drogheda and Liverpool was discontinued in 1914, but the Colleen Bawn continued on the route in freight service. She passed into the hands of the London & North Western Railway in 1922 and the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. The LMS passed the Drogheda-Liverpool route to the British & Irish Steam Packet Company in 1928, and the Colleen Bawn was moved to the freight service between Holyhead and Greenore. She was scrapped in 1931.^[3]

References

1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
2. Manchester Evening News - Friday 12 June 1903
3. "Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway - Services from Fleetwood and Belfast," http://simplonpc.co.uk/LMS-LYR.html