Talisman (1896)

Talisman 1896 (c. G.Robinson) Talisman 1896 (c. G.Robinson)

Ownership

1896 North British Steam Packet Company, Glasgow
1902 North British Railway Company
1923 LNER

Routes

Craigendoran - Rothesay

Shipbuilder

A.& J. Inglis & Co., Glasgow (yard no. 241)
Launched 30/03/1896; Completed 1896

Dimensions

GRT: 234grt

Length: 215ft

Beam: 23ft.

Engine builder

A.& J. Inglis & Co., Glasgow

Propulsion

Single cylinder diagonal, 52" x 72", haystack boiler; Speed on trials 18.1 knots; Re-boilered in 1910 and 1919.
Paddle wheel.

Notes

Served as a minesweeper HMS TALLA during WW1
Broken up at Barrow-in-Furness in 1934

Acknowledgments

Compiled by George Robinson.