TS Atalanta
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Built in 1906 by John
Brown at Clydebank
Engines : 3 direct drive turbines
Dimensions : 210.4 ft x 30.1 ft
486 Gross Registered
Tons
Used primarily on
the Ardrossan-Arran service despite a reputation of being
uncomfortable in heavy seas
Went to Harwich as a minesweeper during World War II as HMS Atalanta
II
Remained on the Arran station until 1936 when she served Millport
from Wemyss Bay
Reboilered in 1930
Sold in March 1937 for service out of Blackpool and Morecambe for the
Blackpool Steam Navigation Co
Requisitioned in 1940 as a boom defence ship
Was transferred to Methil after the war where she was scrapped in
1945 after being laid-up
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