TSS Olga (1887)

History
Name:	1887-1908: TSS Olga
Owner:	1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Operator:	1887-1908 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1887-1908: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder:	Cammell Laird
Yard number:	557
Launched:	1887
Out of service:	March 1908
General characteristics
Tonnage:	970 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	301.5 ft (91.9 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Draught:	13.6 ft (4.1 m)

TSS Olga was a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1887 to 1908.^[1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1888 and put on the Holyhead - Dublin route. She was one of a trio of ships built over 4 years for this route, all of a similar size. The other ships were the Irene and Anglesey.

Olga was the first L&NWR ship to be fitted with triple engines.

She was disposed of in 1908.

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