Name SS Huddersfield Launched 23 September 1872 Depth 5 m Builder John Elder | Yard number 148 Length 70 m Beam 9.2 m | |
Operator 1872-1897Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
1897-1903Great Central Railway Fate Sunk in collision 26 May 1903 Tonnage 1,082 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
SS Huddersfield was a passenger-cargo ship built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1872.
History
Huddersfield was built by John Elder and Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on 23 September 1872. In 1897 she passed into the ownership of the Great Central Railway.
On 26 May 1903 on leaving Antwerp, Belgium, she was in collision in the River Scheldt with the Norwegian steamer Uto and sank. All 22 of her passengers – emigrants from Galicia on their way to Canada - drowned. The crew of 17 were rescued by the company ship Retford.
References
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