SS Barnsley (1876)

History
Name	1876–1889: SS Barnsley 1889–1905: SS Gomes VI 1905–1909: SS Lobito
Operator	1876–1889: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 1889–1898: A Gomez, Lisbon 1898–1905: Empreza de Navegação por Vapor para o Algarve e Guadiana, Lisbon 1905–1905: J Soares Franco, Lisbon 1905–1906: João Fonseca e Sá, Lisbon 1905–1909: Empreza Nacional de Navegação, Lisbon
Port of registry	1876–1889: 1889–1909:
Builder	John Elder and Company, Govan
Yard number	200
Launched	20 May 1876
Out of service	4 February 1909
Fate	Sunk 1909
General characteristics
Tonnage	603  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length	185.2 feet (56.4 m)
Beam	27 feet (8.2 m)

SS Barnsley was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1876. ^[1]

History

Barnsley was built by John Elder and Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on 20 May 1876 ^[2] By Miss Jamieson. She was intended for the services from Grimsby, England, to Hamburg, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

In 1889 she was sold to A Gomez, Lisbon, Portugal, and renamed Gomes VI. She was sold again in 1898 to Empreza de Navegação por Vapor para o Algarve e Guadiana, Lisbon, and then in 1905 through J Soares Franco, João Fonseca e Sá, to Empreza Nacional de Navegação, all in Lisbon. She was renamed Lobito.

Lobito sank on 4 February 1909 at Ilha do Maio in the Cape Verde Islands while on passage from São Vicente for Cape Verde.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "Launches – Govan" . Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 22 May 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.