SS Saltmarshe

History
Name:	1907-1931:SS Saltmarshe
Operator:	1907:Wetherall Steamship Company Limited 1907-1922:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922-1923:London and North Western Railway 1923-1931:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Builder:	William Pickersgill and Company, Sunderland
Launched:	9 May 1907
Out of service:	December 1931
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	930 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	215 feet (66 m)
Beam:	32.3 feet (9.8 m)
Draught:	12.7 feet (3.9 m)

SS Saltmarshe was a freight vessel built for the Wetherall Steamship Company Limited in 1907.^[1]

History

She was built by William Pickersgill and Company in Sunderland for the Wetherall Steamship Company Limited and launched on 9 May 1907. ^[2] She was purchased in the same year by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.^[3]

In 1922 the ship was transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was sent for scrapping in December 1931.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
2. "New Steamer for Goole". Hull Daily Mail (England). 7 June 1907. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
3. "L. and Y. New Steamer". Hull Daily Mail (England). 26 September 1907. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).