TSS Mellifont (1903)

History
Name:	Mellifont
Owner:	1903–23: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1923–33:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator:	1903–23: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1923–33:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1903–06: Drogheda – Liverpool 1906–12: Goole 1912–28: Drogheda – Liverpool 1928–33: Holyhead – Greenore
Builder:	Vickers Limited
Launched:	1903
Out of service:	1933
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics

TSS Mellifont was a twin screw passenger steamship operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1903 to 1928.

History

She was built by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1903. With her sister ship TSS Colleen Bawn she operated a passenger and freight service between Drogheda and Liverpool as a replacement for the paddle steamers Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen.

She operated from Goole on continental services from 1906 to 1912.

In 1928 she moved to the Holyhead to Greenore route.

She was scrapped in 1933.