Name 1903-1933SS Liberty Fate Scrapped Length 69 m | Out of service December 1931 Launched 1888 | |
Operator 1890-1905Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited
1905-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1922-1923London and North Western Railway
1923-1931London, Midland and Scottish Railway Builder Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull Tonnage 895 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
SS Liberty was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1888.
History
She was built by Earle's Shipbuilding for the Co-operative Wholesale Society and launched on 13 January 1890 by Mrs. Taylor of Manchester.
In December 1891 she went ashore in Cuxhaven, but was floated free and continued to Hamburg. On Wednesday 14 February 1894, she rescued the Wilson liner SS Plato which had sprung a leak in a hurricane and was in danger of sinking. She towed the vessel into Hull. On 29 November 1901 she collided off Brough Haven with the sloop Friend which was carrying a cargo of barley. The sloop sank, but the crew were saved.
She was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
In 1922 she was taken over by the London and North Western Railway, and in 1923 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. She was eventually scrapped in December 1931 at Sunderland.