TSS T/T Calshot

History
Name	Calshot Galway Bay
Owner	Red Funnel Towage (1930–1964) Port & Liner Services (Ireland) Ltd (1964–1971) Galway Ferry Services (1971–1986) Southampton City Council (1986 -1996) Tug Tender Calshot Trust (1996–2021) Woodshack Limited (2021–2022)
Port of registry	Southampton, UK (1930–1964)
Builder	John I Thorneycroft & Co.
Launched	4 November 1929
In service	1930
Out of service	1986
Identification	IMO number: 5058155
Fate	Scrapped in 2022[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Tug Tender
Tonnage	684 GRT 269 NRT
Length	147 feet 0 inches (44.81 m)
Beam	33 feet 1 inch (10.08 m)
Installed power	1500 bhp
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine, twin screw propellers Replaced in 1964 by twin diesels
Capacity	566 passengers

TSS T/T Calshot was a tug tender built in 1929 by John I Thornycroft & Co, and completed in 1930 for the Red Funnel Line. Calshot was one of only three surviving classical tender ships which served the great ocean liners, another example is the SS Nomadic, which tendered the ill-fated RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage at Cherbourg, France. The third being the Manchester Ship Canal's Daniel Adamson. In her career, Calshot has tendered some of the most famous ocean liners ever built, such as the RMS Caronia, the Cunard Queens RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Queen Mary, the SS United States, and the White Star Line ship RMS Olympic. During World War II she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty for servicing troop ships and took part in D-Day. She was a registered vessel of the National Historic Fleet of the United Kingdom, holding Certificate No. 1.^[1]