Postcard ofCambria
History
United Kingdom
Name	1897–1919: TSSCambria 1919–1925: TSSArvonia
Namesake	Latin name forWales
Owner	1897–1923:London and North Western Railway 1923–1925:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator	1897–1925:London and North Western Railway 1923–1925:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry	Dublin
Route	1902–1923:Holyhead –Dublin 1923–1925:Holyhead toGreenore andHeysham toDouglas
Builder	William Denny and Brothers,Dumbarton
Yard number	574
Launched	4 August 1897
Out of service	11 June 1925
Fate	Scrapped 1925
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,842 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	329 ft (100 m)
Beam	39.1 ft (11.9 m)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)

TSSCambria was atwin screwpassengersteamship operated by theLondon and North Western Railway from 1897 to 1923.^[1]

She was built byWilliam Denny and Brothers ofDumbarton for theLondon and North Western Railway in 1897 in response to the competition launched by theCity of Dublin Steam Packet Company who had launched a steamer in 1896 capable of 24 knots and a Holyhead to Dublin crossing time of 2¾ hours.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty as anArmed boarding steamer in 1914 and became a hospital ship after August 1915.

She was renamedTSSArvonia in 1919. In August 1922 she was again requisitioned as a troopship, this time by theIrish Free State^[2] along withLady Wicklow

In 1925 she was scrapped.

• 1897 ships
• 1922 in Ireland
• Armed boarding steamers of the Royal Navy
• Ships built on the River Clyde
• Hospital ships in World War I
• Hospital ships of the Royal Navy
• Irish Civil War ships
• Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
• Ships of the London and North Western Railway
• Steamships

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• Use British English from August 2017