Name SS Dewsbury Out of service February 1959 Launched 1910 Depth 5.3 m | Maiden voyage 17 June 1910 Fate Scrapped Length 81 m Beam 11 m | |
Operator 1910-1923Great Central Railway
1923-1935London and North Eastern Railway
1935-1959Associated Humber Lines Tonnage 1,631 gross register tons (GRT) Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
SS Dewsbury was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched in 1910. She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Bury, Blackburn and Accrington. She undertook her maiden voyage from Grimsby to Antwerp on 17 June 1910 with Sir Alexander Henderson, chairman of the Great Central Railway and a number of the directors, and of the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company.
She was in Hamburg at the outbreak of the First World War, but managed to escape and returned safely to Grimsby.
In 1915 she was hired by the Great Western Railway during a dispute with its sailors and firemen over pay. She was deployed on the Fishguard to Cork service.
In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. In October 1928 she collided with the German steamer Lulealf at Hamburg, resulting in damage to both vessels.
In 1935 she transferred to Associated Humber Lines. On 25 October 1936 the Captain and crew rescued the crew of the Dutch motor vessel Albion in the North Sea. Captain A.J.E. Snowden and nine members of the crew were recognized for their gallantry in risking their own lives in terrific seas.
She was scrapped in February 1959.