TSS ''Slieve Donard'' was a steam turbine passenger and cargo vessel operated by the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...

from 1921 to 1923, and the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR and Southern Railway (UK), SR. The London, Midland an ...

from 1923 to 1948.

History

She was built by

Cammell Laird Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company. It was formed from the merger of Laird Brothers of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century. The company also built railway rolling stock until 1929, ...

in 1921 as the last ship for the

and put on the

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– Dublin route. She was named after the

Slieve Donard Slieve Donard ( ; ) is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, the highest in Ulster, and the seventh-highest in Ireland, with a height of . The highest of the Mourne Mountains, it is near the town of Newcastle on the eastern coast of County ...

(,Placenames Database of Ireland
/ref> derived from ''Sliabh Domhanghairt/Domhanghart'')O'Mulconry, Ferfeasa. ''Annala Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland (Volume 1)''. Hodges, Smith, and co., 1856. Page 6.

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ...

, Northern Ireland. It is the highest peak of the

Mourne Mountains The Mourne Mountains ( ; ), also called the Mournes or the Mountains of Mourne, are a predominantly granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. They include the highest mountain in all of Ulster, Slieve Donard ...

. She was generally employed on the Thursday mid-day trip from Dublin for the cattle-dealers returning from market. She was scrapped in 1954.

References

1921 ships Steamships Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Ships of the London and North Western Railway Ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway {{ferry-stub