SS Lesbian (1874) explained

Lesbian was a cargo liner which was built by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd., Liverpool. She was launched in 1874 and scrapped in 1903.

History

Lesbian was built in 1874 by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd, Liverpool as yard number 162. Launched in July 1874, she was built for F R Leyland and Co. In July 1878, the steamship suffered a broken propeller shaft. Sicilian was towed in to Gibraltar on 3 July by Lesbian.^[1] In February 1888, Lesbian ran aground at "Bulgar", Ottoman Empire whilst on a voyage from Constantinople to Liverpool.^[2] She served with the Leyland Line until 1901,^[3] when she was sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd.^[4] She was renamed Algeria and served for a further two years. Algeria was scrapped at Livorno, Italy in 1903.

Official number and code letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Lesbian had the UK Official Number 70850.

Notes and References

1. News: Shipping Intelligence . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 4 July 1878 . 12022 .
2. Latest Shipping Intelligence . 16 February 1888 . 32310 . 12 . A .
3. Web site: Leyland Line . The Ships List . 15 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302000311/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/leyland.html . 2 March 2009 . dmy-all .
4. Web site: Ellerman & Papayannie . The Ships List . 15 March 2009.