TSS Train Ferry No. 1 was a roll on roll off freight vessel built for the British War Office in 1917 to carry rail freight to Europe in the First World War. Armstrong Whitworth built her at Newcastle upon Tyne and launched her in 1917, with her sisters Train Ferry No. 2 and No. 3; they were the first vessels to offer regular transport between Britain and Europe for rail freight vehicles, with four sets of rails on the train deck and a link span for loading. After 1922 the Great Eastern Railway ran her from Harwich to Zeebrugge. Requisitioned in 1940 and renamed Iris, she was converted in 1941 to a landing craft carrier, later called Princess Iris, and returned to ferry use as Essex Ferry, before being scrapped at Grays in 1957.
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The ship was built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne and launched in 1917.
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The ship was built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne and launched in 1917.
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TSS Train Ferry No. 1 was a Roll-on/roll-off freight vessel built for the British War Office in 1917
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After the war, it returned to ferry use and scrapped in 1957.
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