PS Duchess of Sutherland (1868)

History
Name:	1868-1908: PS/TSS Duchess of Sutherland
Owner:	1868-1908 London and North Western Railway
Operator:	1868-1908 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1868-1908: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder:	A. Leslie and Company
Launched:	1868
Out of service:	1908
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	893 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	251 ft (77 m)
Beam:	30.1 ft (9.2 m)
Draught:	14.4 ft (4.4 m)

PS/TSS Duchess of Sutherland was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1868 to 1908.^[1]

History

She was built by A. Leslie and Company for the London and North Western Railway in 1868.

On 8 September 1875, she collided with the paddle steamer Edith in Holyhead which resulted in the sinking of Edith.

She was converted from a paddle steamer to a twin screw steamer in 1888 by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead.

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