SS Huddersfield (1872)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Huddersfield |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | John Elder and Company, Govan |
| Yard number: | 148 |
| Launched: | 23 September 1872 |
| Out of service: | 26 May 1903 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,082 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 231 feet (70 m) |
| Beam: | 30.2 feet (9.2 m) |
| Depth: | 16.4 feet (5.0 m) |
SS Huddersfield was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1872.[1]
History
The ship was built by John Elder and Company of Govan and launched on 23 September 1872. [2]
In 1897 she passed into the ownership of the Great Central Railway. On 26 May 1903 on leaving Antwerp she was in collision in the River Scheldt with the Norwegian steamer Uto. All 22 of the passengers were drowned. They were emigrants from Galicia on their way to Canada.[3] The crew of 17 were rescued by the company ship Retford.[4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "ss Huddersfield". Clyde Built Ships. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ "Twenty-two Emigrants Drowned". Leeds Mercury (England). 30 May 1903. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Thrilling Story". Tamworth Herald (England). 6 June 1903. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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