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TSS Slieve League

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ7671716 ↗
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TSS Slieve League was a twin screw steamer cargo vessel operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1935 to 1948, and the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962.

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, launched in 1934 and handed over to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1935.

She replaced the Slieve Bawn of 1905 and was named after the Slieve League cliffs in County Donegal.

Her lifeboats were fitted with propellers that could be worked by hand.

On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, her port of registry was changed from Dublin to London.

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This entry incorporates text from “TSS Slieve League” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.