SS Ralph Creyke (1878)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Ralph Creke |
| Operator: | Goole Steam Shipping Company |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Hardcastle and Watson, Pallion, Sunderland |
| Launched: | 22 March 1878 |
| Out of service: | 20 February 1979 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on Lundy Island |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 553 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 165 feet (50 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12.6 feet (3.8 m) |
| Depth: | 13.6 feet (4.1 m) |
SS Ralph Creyke was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1878.[1]
History
The ship was built by Hardcastle and Watson, Pallion, Sunderland for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched on 21 March 1878 by Miss Creyke.[2] The engines were fitted by Patterson and Atkinson, St. Lawrence Engine Works, Newcastle.
On 20 February 1879 she foundered 16 miles south west of Lundy Island on a voyage from Cardiff to Dieppe.[3] Her name was kept in a replacement vessel which was delivered later that year, Ralph Creyke.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "Ship launch at Pallion". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (England). 22 March 1878. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The wreck of the Steamer Ralph Creyke". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (England). 5 March 1879. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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