TSS Duke of Lancaster (1955)
53°18′23.23″N 3°14′8.52″W / 53.3064528°N 3.2357000°W
TSS Duke of Lancaster beached near Mostyn, North Wales, 2010 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Duke of Lancaster |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Lancaster, United Kingdom |
| Route |
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| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 1540 |
| Launched | 1 December 1955 |
| Maiden voyage | 1956 |
| In service | 1956–79 |
| Out of service | 1979 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5094496 |
| Status | Permanently beached at Llannerch-y-Mor Wharf |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Turbine steam ship |
| Tonnage | 4,450 GT |
| Length | 114.63 m (376 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 17.46 m (57 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 2 x Parmetrada steam turbines |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,200 passengers |
TSS Duke of Lancaster is a former railway steamer passenger ship that operated in Europe from 1956 to 1979, and is beached at Llannerch-y-Mor Wharf near Mostyn Docks, on the River Dee, in north Wales. She replaced an earlier 3,600-ton ship of the same name operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway company between Heysham and Belfast.
As of 2021 she was owned by Antony Rowley and The Duke of Lancaster Appreciation Society.