Name SS Accrington Fate Scrapped Length 81 m Beam 11 m | Out of service 1958 Launched 7 June 1910 Depth 5.3 m | |
Operator 1910-1923Great Central Railway1923-1935London and North Eastern Railway1935-1958Associated Humber Lines Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
SS Accrington was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 7 June 1910 by Miss C. Fay, daughter of Sir Sam Fay, general manager of the Great Central Railway She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Dewsbury, Blackburn and Bury. She was built with accommodation for 100 first-class passengers, and 300 third-class passengers.
On 15 June 1922 a wealthy Australian passenger arriving into Grimsby on the Accrington was arrested by customs officials following the discovery of 100 bottles of cocaine, concealed in the false bottom of his trunk, and he also had £100 in notes in his possession.
In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway and in 1935 by Associated Humber Lines. On 16 December 1937 she was in collision in the River Elbe with the German steamer Falkenfels. She received considerable damage and was delayed for 24 hours.