Thane of Fife

Ownership

1910 Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Wallasey
10/1936 London & North Eastern Railway Company, Granton
1948 - 1949 British Transport Commission, Granton

Routes

Granton to Burntisland

Shipbuilder

Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead (yard no. 697 )
Launched 09/1910; Completed 10/1910

Dimensions

GRT: 439grt

Length: 152.3ft

Beam: 38.6ft

Engine builder

Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead

Propulsion

Triple expansion steam (16, 24 & 41 x 21"), 207nhp
Twin screws.

Notes

Former Mersey ferry SNOWDROP purchased in 1936 and renamed THANE OF FIFE.
Used as a naval tender on the Forth 1940-1945.
Laid up from 1946, Granton service ceased from 1947.
Sold in 1949 to Mrs. A. D. G. Speevack, Granton.
Broken up at Passage West, Ireland in 1952