Name SS Bury Fate Scrapped Length 81 m Beam 11 m | Out of service June 1958 Launched 1911 Depth 5.3 m | |
Operator 1911-1923Great Central Railway
1923-1935London and North Eastern Railway
1935-1958Associated Humber Lines Tonnage 1,634 gross register tons (GRT) Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
SS Bury was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1911.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched in 1911. She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Dewsbury, Blackburn and Accrington.
In 1914 the ship was in Hamburg at the outbreak of the First World War and the crew were taken prisoner of war and detained until the end of hostilities. The stewardesses were released early in 1914 after representation of the Railway Company through the American Consul in Hamburg.
In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway and then in 1935 to Associated Humber Lines. On 23 July 1936 she was in collision with the German steamer Virgilia in the River Elbe. The Virgilia sank and the crew of the Bury rescued the German crew.
The ship was sent for scrapping in June 1958.