title: List of shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
text: # List of shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  
  A list of the shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway is shown below:
  
  | Location | Pre-grouping company |
  | - | - |
  | Alloa | CR |
  | Ayr | G&SWR |
  | Barrow | FR |
  | Bowling | CR |
  | Bristol (Avonside and Kings Wharf) | MR |
  | Deganwy Quay | LNWR |
  | Fairlie (Clyde Pier) | G&SWR |
  | Fleetwood | LNWR & L&YR Joint |
  | Foryd Pier | LNWR |
  | Garston | LNWR |
  | Gourock (Clyde Pier) | CR |
  | Grangemouth | CR |
  | Gravesend (Town and West St Piers) | MR |
  | Heysham | MR |
  | Highbridge | S&DJR |
  | Holyhead | LNWR |
  | Kyle of Lochalsh | HR |
  | Largs (Clyde Pier) | G&SWR |
  | Lydney | S&WJR |
  | Oban (Railway Pier) | CR |
  | Poplar | MR |
  | Poplar | NLR |
  | Renfrew (Clyde Pier) | G&SWR |
  | Stranraer | P&WJR |
  | Tilbury (Riverside) landing stage | MR |
  | Troon | G&SWR |
  | Wemyss Bay (Clyde Pier) | CR |
  | Wyre Dock | LNWR (L&YR) |
  
  ## List of ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  
  | Vessel Name | Built by | Launched | Usual route | Notes | GRT |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cambria | LMS | 1949 | Holyhead-Dublin | Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. 1976 sold to Saudi Arabia, renamed Altaif | 4,972 |
  | Duke of Argyll | LMS | 1928 | Heysham-Belfast | Renamed Duke of Argyll II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. | 3,604 |
  | Duke of Lancaster | LMS | 1928 | Heysham-Belfast | Renamed Duke of Lancaster II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. | 3,608 |
  | Duke of Rothesay | LMS | 1928 | Heysham-Belfast | Renamed Duke of Rothesay II in 1955. Scrapped in 1956. | 3,606 |
  | Duke of York | LMS | 1935 | Heysham-Belfast | War service 1939-1945 including Normandy landings. Re-fitting completed in 1947 after a delay and re-entered Heysham-Belfast service that year. Transferred to Harwich-Hook of Holland service in May 1948. Sold in 1963 for conversion to a cruise vessel. Broken up in 1976. | 3,743 |
  | Glen Sannox | LMS | 1925 | Clyde | Scrapped 1954 | 690 |
  | Hibernia | LMS | 1949 | Holyhead-Dublin | Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. Sold to Greece in 1976 becoming the Express Apollon | 4,973 |
  | Hampton Ferry | LMS | 1934 | Dover-Dunkirk, Stranraer-Larne | Owned by Southern Railway, requisitioned as HMS Hampton 1939. Used on Stranraer-Larne route 1940–44. Returned to Southern Railway 1947. Sold to Bermuda in 1969 becoming the Tre-Addur. | 2,839 |
  | Princess Margaret | LMS | 1931 | Stranraer-Larne | Sold to Hong Kong in 1962 becoming the Macau | 2,523 |
  | Princess Maud | LMS | 1933 | Stranraer-Larne | Sold to Cyprus in 1965 becoming the Venus | 2,886 |
  | Princess Victoria | LMS | 1939 | | HMS Princess Victoria was part of the Humber Force and was involved primarily in the laying of the East Coast barrier to protect the convoys. Sunk by a mine on 19 May 1940 off the River Humber. | 2,197 |
  | Princess Victoria | LMS | 1946 | Stranraer-Larne | Capsized and sank in a severe storm in January 1953 | 2,197 |
  | Slieve Bawn | LMS | 1937 | Dublin-Holyhead | Scrapped 1972 | 1,573 |
  | Slieve Bearnagh | LMS | 1936 | Heysham-Belfast | Scrapped 1972 | 1,450 |
  | Slieve Bloom | LMS | 1930 | Heysham-Belfast | Scrapped 1965 | 1,297 |
  | Slieve League | LMS | 1935 | Dublin-Holyhead | Scrapped 1967 | 1,343 |
  | Slieve More | LMS | 1932 | Heysham-Belfast | Scrapped 1965 | 1,409 |
  | Duke of Clarence | L&Y | 1892 | Fleetwood – Belfast, Hull – Zeebrugge, Liverpool - Drogheda | Scrapped 1930 | 1,458 |
  | Aire | GSS | 1886 | | Scrapped 1930 | 698 |
  | Alt | GSS | 1911 | Goole – Hamburg, Goole-Rotterdam | Scrapped 1954 | 1,004 |
  | Calder | GSS | 1887 | | Scrapped 1931 | 704 |
  | Derwent | GSS | 1888 | Goole - Rotterdam | Scrapped 1926 | 830 |
  | Hodder | GSS | 1910 | Goole - Hamburg | Scrapped 1956 | 1,016 |
  | Irwell | GSS | 1906 | | Scrapped 1954 | 1,040 |
  | Mersey | GSS | 1906 | Goole-Hull-Rotterdam | Sunk by a mine on 20 April 1940 | 1,037 |
  | Nidd | GSS | 1900 | Goole-Antwerp | Scrapped in 1933 | 996 |
  | Ouse | GSS | 1911 | Goole-Hamburg | Sunk in 1940 after a collision with SS Rye | 1,004 |
  | Rother | GSS | 1914 | Goole-Copenhagen | Scrapped in 1956 | 986 |
  | Wharfe | GSS | 1890 | Goole-Rotterdam | Scrapped in 1933 | 914 |
  | Duke of Argyll | L&Y and LNWR joint services | 1909 | Fleetwood-Belfast | Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Alsacien, in 1927. | 2,052 |
  | Duke of Connaught | L&Y and LNWR joint services | 1902 | Fleetwood-Belfast | Scrapped in 1934 | 1,680 |
  | Duke of Cornwall | L&Y and LNWR joint services | 1898 | Fleetwood-Derry, Fleetwood-Belfast | Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 becoming Rushen Castle | 1,540 |
  | Duke of Cumberland | L&Y and LNWR joint services | 1909 | Fleetwood-Belfast | Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Picard, in 1927. | 2,052 |
  | Anglia | LNWR | 1920 | Holyhead-Dublin | Scrapped 1935 | 3,460 |
  | Arvonia | LNWR | 1897 | Holyhead-Dublin | Was named Cambria until 1920. Scrapped 1925 | 1,842 |
  | Cambria | LNWR | 1920 | Holyhead-Dublin | Renamed Cambria II in 1948. Scrapped 1949 | 3,445 |
  | Curraghmore | LNWR | 1921 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Renamed Duke of Abercorn in 1930. Scrapped 1935 | 1,587 |
  | Galtee More | LNWR | 1921 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Scrapped 1926 | 1,112 |
  | Greenore | LNWR | 1912 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Scrapped 1926 | 1,488 |
  | Hibernia | LNWR | 1912 | Holyhead-Dublin | Renamed Hibernia II in 1948. Scrapped 1949 | 3,458 |
  | Rathmore | LNWR | 1908 | Holyhead-Dublin | Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Lorrain, in 1927. | 1,569 |
  | Rosstrevor | LNWR | 1895 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Scrapped in 1926 | 1,065 |
  | Menevia | LNWR | 1902 | Holyhead-Dublin | Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 | 1,872 |
  | Scotia | LNWR | 1920 | Holyhead-Dublin | Bombed by German aircraft and sunk at Dunkirk on 1 June 1940 | 3,454 |
  | Slieve Bawn | LNWR | 1905 | Holyhead-Dublin | Scrapped 1935 | 1,061 |
  | Slieve Donard | LNWR | 1921 | Holyhead-Dublin | Scrapped 1954 | 1,116 |
  | Slieve Gallion | LNWR | 1907 | Holyhead-Dublin | Scrapped 1937 | 1,116 |
  | Slievemore | LNWR | 1904 | Holyhead-Dublin | Scrapped 1932 | 1,053 |
  | Snowdon | LNWR | 1904 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Scrapped 1935 | 1,021 |
  | South Stack | LNWR | 1900 | Holyhead-Dublin / Greenore | Scrapped 1931 | 977 |
  | Princess Maud | PWJR | 1904 | Stranraer - Larne | Scrapped 1932 | 1,746 |
  | Princess Victoria | PWJR | 1912 | Stranraer - Larne | Scrapped 1934 | 1,678 |
  | Antrim | MR | 1904 | Heysham-Belfast | Sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 becoming Ramsey Town | 2,100 |
  | City of Belfast | MR | 1893 | Barrow in Furness - Belfast | Sold to Greece in 1925 becoming Nicolaos Togias | 1,055 |
  | Duchess of Devonshire | MR | 1897 | Barrow in Furness - Belfast | Sold to Gibraltar in 1928 becoming Gibel Dersa | 1,265 |
  | Londonderry | MR | 1904 | Barrow in Furness - Belfast | Sold to Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, renamed Flamand, in 1927. | 2,086 |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * ↑ Whitehouse & Thomas 2002, p. 118
  * ↑ Haws 1993, p. 181
  * ↑ "Steam Turbine GLEN SANNOX built by William Denny & Bros in 1925 for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Glasgow, Passenger". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  * ↑ "Steam Turbine SLIEVE BEARNAGH built by William Denny & Bros in 1936 for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Lancaster, Cargo General". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  * Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers-Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
  * Whitehouse, Patrick; Thomas, David St John (2002) [1987]. LMS 150: The London Midland & Scottish Railway - A century and a half of progress. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-1378-9.
  