TSS Slievemore was a twin screw steamer passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

 from 1904 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

 from 1923 to 1932.

History

She was built by Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff

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 of Belfast

Belfast

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 for the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

 in 1904.

She was named after Slievemore , the highest peak on Achill Island

Achill Island

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, in County Mayo

County Mayo

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, Ireland

Ireland

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. Its elevation

Elevation

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 is 671 metres.

Her Captain, Samuel David Pritchard, was awarded an MBE

MBE

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 in 1920 in recognition of his services at sea during the First World War.

She was scrapped in 1932, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

 replaced her with a new vessel of the same name, Slieve More

TSS Slieve More (1932)

TSS Slieve More was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1930 to 1948, and the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1965....

.