TSS Duke of Cumberland

History
Name	1909–1937: Duke of Cumberland 1927–1936: Picard
Owner	1909–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927–1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Operator	1909–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1927–1936: Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace
Route	1909–1914: Belfast – Fleetwood 1927–1936: Tilbury - Dunkirk
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	873
Launched	9 March 1909
Out of service	1939
Fate	Scrapped 19 February 1939
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,052 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	330.4 ft (100.7 m)
Beam	40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Speed	21 knots

TSS Duke of Cumberland was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1909 to 1923. and also as Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936.

History

She was built at William Denny and Brothers, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909. The Duke of Cumberland was part of the joint Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway-London & North Western Railway service between Fleetwood and Belfast from 1909 to 1922, when she passed into the hands of the LNWR alone. She then passed to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Upon acquisition by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace in 1927, she was renamed Picard for Tilbury-Dunkirk service. She was scrapped in 1939.