TSS Wyvern (1905)

History
Name| 1905–1960: TSS Wyvern
Operator|

* 1905–1923: Midland Railway
* 1923–1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
* 1948–1960: British Railways

Port of registry|
Builder| Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow
Yard number| 164
Launched| 10 October 1905
Out of service| June 1960
Fate| Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage| 215 gross register tons (GRT)
Length| 110 feet (34 m)
Beam| 22.5 feet (6.9 m)
Draught| 11.1 feet (3.4 m)

TSS Wyvern was a passenger vessel built for the Midland Railway in 1905.[1]

## History

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TSS Wyvern was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow for the Midland Railway. She was launched on 10 October 1905.[2] She was named the Wyvern after the company crest of the Midland Railway.

She was used for pleasure excursions from Heysham to Fleetwood until 1939. She was acquired by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 and British Railways in 1960.[3] and disposed of in 1970.

## References

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1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. ^ "A new steamer for the Heysham route". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 16 October 1905. Retrieved 17 October 2015 - via British Newspaper Archive.
3. ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118\. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.