SS Accrington (1910)

History
Name: SS Accrington
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched: 7 June 1910
Out of service: 1958
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,629 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 265 feet (81 m)
Beam: 36 feet (11 m)
Depth: 17.4 feet (5.3 m)

SS Accrington was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910.[1]

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 7 June 1910 by Miss C. Fay, daughter of Sir Sam Fay, general manager of the Great Central Railway[2] She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Dewsbury, Blackburn and Bury. She was built with accommodation for 100 first-class passengers, and 300 third-class passengers.

On 15 June 1922 a wealthy Australian passenger arriving into Grimsby on the Accrington was arrested by customs officials following the discovery of 100 bottles of cocaine, concealed in the false bottom of his trunk, and he also had £100 in notes in his possession. [3]

In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway and in 1935 by Associated Humber Lines. On 16 December 1937 she was in collision in the River Elbe with the German steamer Falkenfels. She received considerable damage and was delayed for 24 hours.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Launch of a Great Central Steamer at Hull". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (England). 8 June 1910. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Haul of Cocaine". Hull Daily Mail (England). 16 June 1922. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Hull Steamer in Collision". Hull Daily Mail (England). 17 December 1937. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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