Model ship, Twin-Screw Steamship `Scotia', made by William Denny & Brothers Ltd of Dumbarton for the London & North Western Railway in 1921. In glass and wooden case. The model represents the steamship ‘Scotia’, which operated on the Irish Sea ferry service from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire. From 1923 the ‘Scotia’ was owned and operated by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway. It was sunk in June 1940 after being bombed by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuations. Model reputed to have been displayed in Wolverhampton railway station.

Model of the Twin-Screw Steamship Scotia, made in 1921 by William Denny & Brothers Ltd of Dumbarton in Scotland for the London & North Western Railway. The model represents the TSS ‘Scotia’, which was built by Denny to operate on the Irish Sea ferry service from Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales to Dun Laoghaire in Ireland. At that time Dun Laoghaire was known as Dunleary in Britain.

The ‘Scotia’ was one of four fast steamers built for the LNWR in 1921 in the company’s to carry passengers and mail to Ireland. Its services connected to express passenger trains which ran to and from London’s Euston station. After Britain’s main line railways were grouped into four major companies in 1923, the ‘Scotia’ was owned and operated by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway.

At the start of the Second World War the ferry was commandeered by the Admiralty for use as a troop transport ship. On 1 June 1940 the ‘Scotia’ was sunk by German Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ dive bombers during the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk in northern France. 28 crew members and about 300 French soldiers were killed.

The model, which is in a wood and glass case, is reputed to have been displayed at Wolverhampton station.