TSS Duke of Albany

History
Name| HMS Duke of Albany
Owner| 1907–1917: London and North Western Railway
Operator|

* 1907–1914: London and North Western Railway
* 1914–1917:Royal Navy

Port of registry|
Route| 1907–1914:Belfast – Fleetwood
Builder| John Brown & Company
Yard number| 376
Launched| June 1907
Out of service| 1916
Fate| Torpedoed and sunk, 24 August 1916
General characteristics
Tonnage| 2,180 GRT
Length| 330.5 ft (100.7 m)
Beam| 41.1 ft (12.5 m)
Draught| 17.1 ft (5.2 m)
Speed| 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)

TSS Duke of Albany was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1907 to 1914.[1] and also as HMS Duke of Albany from 1914 to 1916.

## History[edit]

She was built by John Brown and Co. at Clydebank, Scotland, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. She operated on the Douglas-to-Heysham route as well as Liverpool-to-Belfast. She was also the vessel that carried one of the anchors for RMS Titanic to Belfast.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 for use by the Royal Navy during the First World War as an armed boarding steamer, serving as HMS Duke of Albany. She was torpedoed and sunk about 9:10 AM on 24 August 1916 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UB-27 in the North Sea approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of the Pentland Skerries at approximately 58°42′N 2°23′W﻿ / ﻿58.700°N 2.383°W﻿ / 58.700; -2.383. The subsequent Court of Inquiry into the sinking determined that some casualties were the result of her depth charges exploding as she sank, and recommended "When any vessel is in imminent danger of sinking all Depth Charges should be rendered inoperative by inserting the safety catch so as to prevent loss of life...due to the depth charges exploding after the vessel has sunk."

Her ship's bell was salvaged in 2008.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

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Jointly operated with the
London and North Western Railway|

* Colleen Bawn
* Duke of Albany
* Duke of Argyll
* Duke of Clarence
* Duke of Connaught (I)
* Duke of Connaught (II)
* Duke of Cornwall
* Duke of Cumberland
* Duke of Lancaster
* Duke of York
* Earl of Ulster
* Ivernagh
* Kathleen Mavourneen
* Lune
* Mellifont
* Norah Creina
* Prince Arthur
* Prince of Wales
* Princess of Wales
* Royal Consort
* Thomas Dugdale
* Tredagh

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Ships operated by the London and North Western Railway

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* Admiral Moorsom
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* South Stack
* Stanley
* Telegraph
* Violet

Jointly operated with the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway|

* Colleen Bawn
* Duke of Albany
* Duke of Argyll
* Duke of Clarence
* Duke of Connaught (I)
* Duke of Connaught (II)
* Duke of Cornwall
* Duke of Cumberland
* Duke of Lancaster
* Duke of York
* Earl of Ulster
* Ivernagh
* Kathleen Mavourneen
* Lune
* Mellifont
* Norah Creina
* Prince Arthur
* Prince of Wales
* Princess of Wales
* Royal Consort
* Thomas Dugdale
* Tredagh

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1916

Shipwrecks|

* 2 Aug: Leonardo da Vinci
* 9 Aug: HMS B10
* 10 Aug: Kasagi
* 13 Aug: HMS Lassoo
* 15 Aug: HMS E4, HMS E41
* 19 Aug: HMS Nottingham
* 20 Aug: HMS Falmouth
* 21 Aug: SM UC-10
* 22 Aug: HMS E16
* 24 Aug: Gustave Zédé
* 25 Aug: HMS Duke of Albany
* 29 Aug: USS Memphis, Sazanami Maru
* Unknown date: SM UB-44

Other incidents|

* 19 Aug: HMS Falmouth
* 29 Aug: USS Castine

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