TSS Gertrude (1905)

	Gertrude in 1906
History
Name	1905–1932: Gertrude; 1932–1934: Rochester Queen; 1934–1949: Caid; 1949–1962: Djebel Derif;
Operator	1905–1912: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway; 1912–1922: Midland Railway; 1922–1932: London, Midland and Scottish Railway; 1932–1934: New Medway Steam Packet Company; 1934–1960: M. H. Bland, Gibraltar;
Port of registry
Builder	A. W. Robertson and Company
Launched	19 October 1905
Out of service	1962
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage	255 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	125 feet (38 m)
Beam	26.6 feet (8.1 m)
Draught	8.4 feet (2.6 m)

TSS Gertrude was a passenger vessel launched for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1905.^[1]

History

Gertrude was built by A. W. Robertson and Company for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. She was launched in 1905.

She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. She was sold in 1932 to the New Medway Steam Packet Company and renamed Rochester Queen. She was sold again to M.H. Bland in Gibraltar and renamed Caid. In 1949 she was renamed Djebel Derif and was scrapped in 1962.^[2]

References

^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.

[1] Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.

[2] Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.

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