Heroic

 

Heroic - Lady Connaught (1) - Longford (2)

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Belfast Steamship Company ship Graphic. which started on the main Belfast SS night route from Liverpool to Belfast.

 

Heroic and her sister Graphic, were built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff for the Belfast Steamship Company. They both had careers of over 40 years with various Coast Lines companies. They were the first Belfast SS ships with quadruple expansion engines, and were followed by the slightly larger Patriotic in 1912, although she reverted to triple-expansion engines. Heroic was 1800 gross tons and 325 feet long (Patriotic was only 5 feet longer, but 2300 gross tons). Unlike her sister, Heroic was requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser during the 1914-18 war, afterwards returning to the Liverpool-Belfast route.

 

Heroic was withdrawn from Belfast SS service in 1930 on the delivery of the three new Belfast SS Motorships, Ulster Monarch, Ulster Queen and Ulster Prince (1). She was given an extensive overhaul, which included a rearward extension of the boat deck, and the provision of two shorter and more modern funnels (one of which was a dummy) to match those of the new motorships. She was renamed Lady Connaught (1) and joined the British & Irish SP Co fleet between Liverpool and Dublin until again displaced by new motorships, the Munster (3) and Leinster (3) of 1938. The Lady Connaught (1) then became the Longford (2) in 1939, but was laid up until the war. After the war she ran on the Dublin-Liverpool route until 1952.

 

 

Ship Names on this Page:-

Heroic (Belfast SS: 1906-1930)

Lady Connaught (1) (B&I: 1930-1939)

Longford (2) (B&I: 1938-1952)

 

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References:-

Across the Irish Sea: by Robert Sinclair - Conway Maritime 1990

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Heroic

(Belfast SS: 1906-1930)

 

Heroic and her sister Graphic, were built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff for the Belfast Steamship Company. They both had careers of over 40 years with various Coast Lines companies. They were the first Belfast SS ships with quadruple expansion engines, and were followed by the slightly larger Patriotic in 1912, although she reverted to triple-expansion engines. Heroic was 1800 gross tons and 325 feet long (Patriotic was only 5 feet longer, but 2300 gross tons). Unlike her sister, Heroic was requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser during the 1914-18 war, afterwards returning to the Liverpool-Belfast route.

 

Heroic was withdrawn from Belfast SS service in 1930 on the delivery of the three new Belfast SS Motorships, Ulster Monarch, Ulster Queen and Ulster Prince (1). She was given an extensive overhaul, which included a rearward extension of the boat deck, and the provision of two shorter and more modern funnels (one of which was a dummy) to match those of the new motorships. She was renamed Lady Connaught (1) and joined the British & Irish SP Co fleet between Liverpool and Dublin until again displaced by new motorships, the Munster (3) and Leinster (3) of 1938. The Lady Connaught (1) then became the Longford (2) in 1939, but was laid up until the war. After the war she ran on the Dublin-Liverpool route until 1952.

 

 

Belfast SS advertising postcard for Heroic.

The same design was issued for Graphic and Patriotic.

 

 

 

Art postcard of Heroic.

 

 

 

Belfast SS advertising postcard for Graphic, Heroic and Magic.

 

 

 

L&NWR official Belfast SS advertising postcard for Graphic, Heroic and Magic. and Magic.

 

 

 

Postcard showing Graphic or Heroic, using the same image as the L&NWR card above.

 

 

 

Advertising postcard showing Graphic, Heroic or Patriotic.

 

 

 

Superb photographic postcard of Heroic in the Mersey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lady Connaught (1)

(B&I: 1930-1939)

 

Heroic was withdrawn from Belfast SS service in 1930 on the delivery of the three new Belfast SS Motorships, Ulster Monarch, Ulster Queen and Ulster Prince (1). She was given an extensive overhaul, which included a rearward extension of the boat deck, and the provision of two shorter and more modern funnels (one of which was a dummy) to match those of the new motorships. She was renamed Lady Connaught (1) and joined the British & Irish SP Co fleet between Liverpool and Dublin until again displaced by new motorships, the Munster (3) and Leinster (3) of 1938. The Lady Connaught (1) then became the Longford (2) in 1939, but was laid up until the war. After the war she ran on the Dublin-Liverpool route until 1952.

 

 

B&I company postcard of Lady Connaught (1).

 

 

 

B&I company postcard of Lady Connaught (1) (variation).

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of Lady Connaught (1) in B&I service.

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of Lady Connaught (1) in B&I service.

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of Lady Connaught (1) in B&I service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Longford (2)

(B&I: 1938-1952)

 

Heroic was withdrawn from Belfast SS service in 1930 on the delivery of the three new Belfast SS Motorships, Ulster Monarch, Ulster Queen and Ulster Prince (1). She was given an extensive overhaul, which included a rearward extension of the boat deck, and the provision of two shorter and more modern funnels (one of which was a dummy) to match those of the new motorships. She was renamed Lady Connaught (1) and joined the British & Irish SP Co fleet between Liverpool and Dublin until again displaced by new motorships, the Munster (3) and Leinster (3) of 1938. The Lady Connaught (1) then became the Longford (2) in 1939, but was laid up until the war. After the war she ran on the Dublin-Liverpool route until 1952.

 

 

Photographic postcard of Longford in B&I service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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