SS Marylebone (1906)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Marylebone |
| Operator: | Great Central Railway |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number: | 673 |
| Launched: | 1906 |
| Out of service: | 1938 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Italy |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,074 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 270.2 feet (82.4 m) |
| Beam: | 41.1 feet (12.5 m) |
| Depth: | 20.3 feet (6.2 m) |
| Installed power: | 1300 nhp |
| Propulsion: | 3 Parsons steam turbines |
SS Marylebone was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1906.[1]
History
The ship was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead and launched in 1906. She was one of an order for two ships, the other being Immingham. She undertook her trials in December 1906 and was reported of achieving a speed of 17.25 knots for 24 hours, and over 6 hours, a speed of 18.4 knots.[2] She was built with accommodation for 60 first-class passengers in two-berth cabins, and 400 third-class passengers. She arrived in Grimsby on 6 January 1907 for her first voyage. [3]
In 1923 she passed to the London and North Eastern Railway and was sold in 1932 to the Tramp Shipping Development Company. She was renamed Velos, Arafat, and Velos again. She was scrapped in Italy in 1938.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "G.C.R. Turbine Steamer". Hull Daily Mail (England). 28 December 1906. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "G.C.R.’s New Steamers". Hull Daily Mail (England). 7 January 1907. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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