Tennyson

		Lamport & Holts' S.S. "Tennyson"

	Built:	Alexander Stevens & Sons Ltd., Linthouse Glasgow
	Dimensions:	371.5 x 45.2 x 18.8 feet
	Tonnage:	Gross: 3909 Net: 2526
	Propulsion:	Triple Expansion Steam reciprocating of 605 nhp, 4 x sgl boilers at 180psi, by builder
	Type:	Cargo Liner
	Completed:	October 1900 for Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. as Evangeline
	Purchased:	1902 by Lamport & Holt and renamed as the Tennyson for the New York-Brazil-River Plate
	Taken over:	September 1914 by the Admiralty as a convoy commodore ship
	Sold:	1922 to Soc. Anon Braun & Blanchard, Chile and renamed *Valparaiso*
	Scrapped:	1932 in Italy
	Sister Ship:	*Byron 1*

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	*S.S. Tennyson* of 1902

	The first of two vessels built for Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd for the Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick service. They were found to be too large for this service with far too much passenger accommodation. Lamport & Holts subsequently purchased both vessels for the new New York-Brazil-River Plate service. This service proved highly successful, so much so, that the V-class of passenger ships were ordered.

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