Name SS West Riding Fate Scrapped Length 28 m | Out of service 1947 Launched September 1894 | |
Operator 1894-1905Goole Steam Shipping Company1905-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1922-1923London and North Western Railway1923-1947London, 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(Text) CC BY-SA