Name SS City of Leeds Fate Scrapped Length 78 m Beam 11 m | Out of service 1936 Launched 8 June 1903 Depth 4.79 m | |
Operator 1903-1923Great Central Railway
1923-1935London and North Eastern Railway
1935-1936Associated Humber Lines Tonnage 1,341 gross register tons (GRT) Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
SS City of Leeds was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1912.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 June 1903 by the Lady Mayoress of Leeds. She was one of an order for two ships, the other being City of Bradford.
In 1914 on arrival in Hamburg and being unaware of the outbreak of war, she was intercepted and taken as a prize. Captain Lundie and the crew were held prisoner until the end of the war and only returned to England in 1918. She was recovered by British forces in January 1919 and returned to Grimsby.
In 1923 she passed into the ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway, and in 1935 to the Associated Humber Lines. She was surplus to requirements and scrapped in 1936.