TS Duchess of Montrose
TS Duchess of Montrose | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | TS Duchess of Montrose |
| Owner | Caledonian Steam Packet Company |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 1245 |
| Launched | 10 May 1930 |
| In service | 1930 |
| Out of service | 1964 |
| Home port | Glasgow |
| Fate | Scrapped in Ghent, 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger turbine steamer |
| Tonnage | 806 GRT; 314 NRT |
| Length | 262 ft (80 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Installed power | 3 turbines - converted to oil burning in 1956 |
| Speed | 18 kn (service); 20.7 kn (trial) |
TS Duchess of Montrose was a Clyde passenger steamer, built in 1930 for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. She was a popular boat, providing day cruises until 1964.