SS Rawcliffe

SS Rawcliffe, by A. J. Jansen
History
Name	1911–1932: SS Rawcliffe
Operator	1906: Weatherall Steamship Company Limited 1906–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1932: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry	Goole
Builder	John Crown and Sons, Sunderland
Yard number	119
Launched	26 May 1906
Fate	Scrapped 1931
General characteristics
Tonnage	866 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	215.0 ft (65.5 m)
Beam	32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Draught	12.8 ft (3.9 m)

SS Rawcliffe was a cargo steamship built for the Weatherall Steamship Company in 1906.^[1]

History

The ship was built by John Crown and Sons at Sunderland.^[2] She was ready for sailing by the end of June 1906.^[3]

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway bought it shortly after completion in 1906. In 1922 she transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was disposed of by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway when they acquired new vessels and scrapped at Bo'ness in December 1931.^[4]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "1122955". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
3. "The new steamer Rawcliffe". Hull Daily Mail. England. 20 June 1906. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.