TSS ''Slieve Gallion'' was a twin screw steamer 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 1908 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 1937.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

History

She was completed by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd of

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...

for the

in 1908. She was named after the

Slieve Gallion Slieve Gallion () is a mountain in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the easternmost of the Sperrin Mountains. It reaches a height of and dominates the western shore of Lough Neagh. Its prominent northeastern summit has a transm ...

mountain in

County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry (), is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, count ...

. She was very similar in specification to her sister ship, ''Slieve Bloom''. She was sold in May 1937 to Arnott Young and Company in Dalmuir for breaking, and replaced by the ''Slieve Bawn''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slieve Gallion 1907 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Ships of the London and North Western Railway