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SS West Riding (1894)

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Name
  
SS West Riding

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
28 m

Out of service
  
1947

Launched
  
September 1894

Operator
  
1894-1905Goole Steam Shipping Company 1905-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922-1923London and North Western Railway 1923-1947London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Builder
  
Joseph Scarr, Grovehill, Beverley

Tonnage
  
103 gross register tons (GRT)

SS West Riding was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1894.

History

The ship was built by Joseph Scarr, Grovehill, Beverley for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched in September 1894 and used as a multi purpose water, coal bunkering vessel and fire float.

In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and one year later by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was scrapped in 1947.

References

SS West Riding (1894) Wikipedia