SS Rawcliffe
_ERY_GOO_G243.jpg) SS Rawcliffe, by A. J. Jansen
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| History | |
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| Name | 1911–1932: SS Rawcliffe |
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| Port of registry |  Goole |
| Builder | John Crown and Sons, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 119 |
| Launched | 26 May 1906 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 866 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 215.0 ft (65.5 m) |
| Beam | 32.6 ft (9.9 m) |
| Draught | 12.8 ft (3.9 m) |
SS Rawcliffe was a cargo steamship built for the Weatherall Steamship Company in 1906.[1]
History
[edit]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]
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References
[edit]- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "1122955". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ "The new steamer Rawcliffe". Hull Daily Mail. England. 20 June 1906. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.