Name 1911-1940SS Alt Out of service January 1955 Launched 25 October 1911 Draft 4.69 m | Yard number 175 Fate Scrapped Length 73 m Beam 10 m | |
Operator 1911-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1922-1923London and North Western Railway1923-1948London, Midland and Scottish Railway1948-1955British Railways Builder William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard | ||
SS Alt was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911.
History
She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 25 October 1911.
In May 1916 she was in collision with the French steamer Iles Chausey. The Iles Chausey sank with six men missing.
In 1922 she transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
On 2 June 1932, whilst in the west dock in Goole, there was a serious fire in the store room adjacent to the engine room.
In 1948 she was taken over by the British Transport Commission. She was scrapped in January 1955.
References
SS Alt (1911) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA