SS West Riding (1894) explained

SS West Riding was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1894.[1]

History

The ship was built by Joseph Scarr, Grovehill, Beverley for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched in September 1894[2] and used as a multi purpose water, coal bunkering vessel and fire float.

In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and one year later by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was scrapped in 1947.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duckworth . Christian Leslie Dyce . Langmuir . Graham Easton . 1968 . Railway and other Steamers . English . Prescot, Lancashire . T. Stephenson and Sons .
  2. News: . Beverley Bits . Hull Daily Mail . England . 12 September 1894 . 26 October 2015. . subscription .
  3. Book: Haws, Duncan . 1993 . Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers-Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena . Hereford . TCL Publications . 0-946378-22-3 . 69.

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