Builder Thompson of Dundee Out of service September 1933 Launched 1891 | Yard number 106 Fate Scrapped | |
Name 1891-1916SS Berlin1916-1933SS River Ribble Operator 1891-1895Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company1891-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1922-1923London and North Western Railway1923-1935London, Midland and Scottish Railway1935-1940Associated Humber Lines, Goole | ||
SS Berlin was a freight vessel built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1891.
History
She was built by Thompson of Dundee. for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company. In 1895 the company was taken over by the Goole Steam Shipping Company which in turn was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
In 1914 she was in Copenhagen at the outbreak of the First World War and it was decided to leave her there for safety. However, pressure for tonnage required that she leave that port in 1916 under disguise and she crossed the North Sea to Hull, where she was renamed River Ribble.
In 1922 she became the property of the London and North Western Railway and in 1923, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
On 29 November 1931, River Ribble collided with the British steamer Selby at Hamburg, Germany, and was beached at Altona. She was refloated the next day. Selby suffered severe damage.
River Ribble was sold to J.J. King of Garston and scrapped in September 1933 at Gateshead.