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SS Granuaile (1895)

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Yard number
  
49

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
46 m

Out of service
  
1928

Launched
  
12 February 1895

Name
  
1895-1917SS Granuaile 1917-1926SS Ulrica

Operator
  
1895-1915Congested Districts Board of Ireland, Dublin 1915-1916Peter Morrison, Glasgow 1916R.E.V. James Ltd, Southampton 1916-1923London and South Western Railway 1923-1928Southern Railway

Tonnage
  
383 gross register tons (GRT)

Builder
  
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

SS Granuaile was a cargo vessel built in 1895.

History

She was built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and launched on 12 February 1895 as the Granuaile. She undertook her trials on 23 March 1895 when she achieved the speed of 10.5 knots. Her engines were fitted by Muir and Houston.

She was acquired by the London and South Western Railway in 1916 and renamed Ulrica.

She was taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923. On 8 March 1923 she struck the Roustel Rock, off St Sampson’s Harbour, and took in water, but managed to make it into St Peter’s Port Harbour.

She remained until scrapped in 1928.

References

SS Granuaile (1895) Wikipedia