SS West Riding (1894)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS West Riding |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Joseph Scarr, Grovehill, Beverley |
| Launched | September 1894 |
| Out of service | 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 103 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 93.2 feet (28.4 m) |
| Beam | 16.5 feet (5.0 m) |
| Depth | 6.6 feet (2.0 m) |
SS West Riding was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1894.[1]
History[edit]
The ship was built by Joseph Scarr, Grovehill, Beverley for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched in September 1894[2] and used as a multi purpose water, coal bunkering vessel and fire float.
In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and one year later by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
She was scrapped in 1947.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Beverley Bits". Hull Daily Mail. England. 12 September 1894. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers-Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 69. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.