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History
Name	1921–1940: TSS Scotia
Owner	1921–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1940: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operator	1921–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1940: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry
Route	1921–1940: Holyhead – Dún Laoghaire
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	1037
Launched	16 November 1920
Fate	Bombed and sunk at Dunkirk 1 June 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,454 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	380.5 ft (116.0 m)
Beam	45.2 ft (13.8 m)
Draught	17.2 ft (5.2 m)

TSS Scotia was a twin-screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1940.

History

She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton and launched in 1920.

On 1 June 1940 she was bombed by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation. The destroyer HMS Esk came alongside and rescued nearly 1,000 troops. The destroyer HMS Worcester was nearby and also picked up some survivors. Twenty-eight of her crew and an estimated 200 to 300 French troops were killed.

References

1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
2. The evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo, 26 May – 4 June 1940. W. J. R. Gardner, Great Britain. Admiralty

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1940
Shipwrecks	1 Jun: HMS Basilisk, Foudroyant, HMS Havant, Ioanna, HMS Keith, Scotia 7 Jun: HMS Carinthia 8 Jun: HMS Acasta, HMS Ardent, HMS Glorious, HMT Juniper 9 Jun: Max Wolf, Prins Olav 10 Jun: Olterra 11 Jun: Bruges 12 Jun: HMS Calypso, C 60 13 Jun: HNLMS O 13, HMS Odin, Train Ferry No. 2 15 Jun: HMS Andania 16 Jun: HMS Grampus, Rastrello 17 Jun: Champlain, HMS Lancastria, Ingénieur Riebell 18 Jun: Achille, Agosta, Clemenceau, Cyclone, Dordogne, Kergroise, Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale Liuzzi 29 Jun: Uebi Scebeli Unknown date: U-122
Other incidents	9 Jun: Empire Commerce 10 Jun: Barbana G, Monte Piana 25 Jun: HMS Calcutta Unknown date: Mari Chandris
1939 1940 1941 May 1940 July 1940

• 1920 ships
• Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
• Steamships
• Ships built on the River Clyde
• Ships of the London and North Western Railway
• Maritime incidents in June 1940
• Ships sunk by German aircraft
• World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea