Summary
SS Blackburn was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Blackburn |
| Operator | Great Central Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched | 8 September 1910 |
| Fate | Collision 8 December 190 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,634 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 265 feet (81 m) |
| Beam | 36 feet (11 m) |
| Depth | 17.4 feet (5.3 m) |
History edit
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 September 1910 by Miss Joyce Evelyn Barwick of Grimsby.[2] She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Dewsbury, Accrington and Bury. She was built with accommodation for 100 first-class, 10 second-class and 300 third-class passengers.
She had a very short career with the Great Central Railway as on 8 December 1910 she was in collision with the London steamer Rook off Sheringham, Norfolk. Twenty-eight crew and twenty-nine passengers escaped in three lifeboats.[3] The wreck was located five days later and found to be lying in three fathoms of water. It was marked with a buoy.[4]
References edit
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "The Blackburn launched. Ceremony at Earle's". Hull Daily Mail. England. 8 September 1910. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Loss of a Railway Steamer". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 9 December 1910. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Submerged Blackburn". London Daily News. England. 13 December 1910. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.