S.S. Curraghmore: a polished brass bell
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S.S. Curraghmore: a polished brass bell

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S.S. Curraghmore: a polished brass bell
of typical form, the impressed name filled in with black paint with petal motif beneath, iron clapper -- 12in. (30.5cm.) high
See illustration
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COLLECTION AND STORAGE CHARGES

This lot must be cleared by 1.00 p.m. on the Friday following the sale. If it is not cleared, it will be removed to the warehouse of:-
Cadogan Tate Fine Art Removals Limited
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On the Friday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £17.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.00 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

The twin-screw steamer Curraghmore was built for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway by Denny at Dumbarton in 1919. Registered at 2,217 tons gross (1,587 net), she measured 307 feet in length with a 40 foot beam and could steam at 20 knots. The first steamer in the L.M.S. fleet to be fitted with single-reduction geared turbines, she had coal-fired boilers and bunker capacity for 120 tons of fuel. Though intended for the company's Holyhead to Greenore service, she began life on the Dublin run due to the shortage of capacity there and only started operating to Greenore (near Dundalk) in 1921. Subsequently working on various routes, including Heysham to Douglas (I.O.M.), she was permanently transferred to that service in July 1930, when she was renamed Duke of Abercorn, but was scrapped in 1935.

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