SS Rawcliffe

History
Name:	1911-1932:SS Rawcliffe
Operator:	1906:Weatherall Steamship Company Limited 1906-1922:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922-1923:London and North Western Railway 1923-1932:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Builder:	John Crown and Sons at Sunderland
Launched:	1906
Out of service:	1932
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	866 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	215 feet (66 m)
Beam:	32.6 feet (9.9 m)
Draught:	12.8 feet (3.9 m)

SS Rawcliffe was a freight vessel built for the Weatherall Steamship Company in 1906.^[1]

History

The ship was built by John Crown and Sons at Sunderland.^[2] She was ready for sailing by the end of June 1906.^[3]

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway bought it shortly after completion in 1906. In 1922 she transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was disposed of by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway when they acquired new vessels and scrapped at Bo'ness in December 1931.^[4]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
2. "1122955". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009. (subscription required (help)).
3. "The new steamer Rawcliffe". Hull Daily Mail (England). 20 June 1906. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
4. Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.