Yard number 19 Fate Scrapped Length 62 m | Out of service 1927 Launched 13 February 1877 | |
Name 1877-1914SS Altona1914-1927SS River Crake Operator 1877-1895Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company1895-1905Goole Steam Shipping Company1905-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1922-1923London and North Western Railway1923-1927London, Midland and Scottish Railway Builder William Thompson, Dundee | ||
SS Altona was a freight vessel built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1877.
History
The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 13 February 1877.
in 1895 she was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company.
In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and renamed River Crake. She returned to railway company control in 1916.
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 1927.
References
SS Altona (1877) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA