| 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) |
SS Blackburn was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 September 1910 by Miss Joyce Evelyn Barwick of Grimsby. 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. The wreck was located five days later and found to be lying in three fathoms of water. It was marked with a buoy.
References
- 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.