TSS Duke of Cumberland
Encyclopedia
TSS Duke of Cumberland was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
from 1909 to 1923. and also as Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.
, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909.
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...
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
from 1909 to 1923. and also as Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.
History
She was built at William Denny and BrothersWilliam Denny and Brothers
William Denny and Brothers Limited, and often referred to simply as Denny, were a Scottish shipbuilding company.-History:The Company was founded by Peter Denny in 1840 and based in Dumbarton, on the River Clyde. Although the Denny yard was situated near the junction of the River Clyde and the River...
, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909.