SS Calder (1887)

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History
United Kingdom
Name: SS Calder
Operator:
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder: William Dobson and Co, Walker Yard [1]
Yard number: 15
Launched: 7 April 1887
Out of service: 23 April 1926
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 708  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length: 212.5 feet (64.8 m)
Beam: 28.8 feet (8.8 m)
Draught: 13.8 feet (4.2 m)

SS Calder was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1887. [2]

Goole Steam Shipping Company

The Goole Steam Shipping Company was a company based in Goole, England from 1864 to 1905 which operated steamship services from Goole to northern European ports.

History

The ship was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard as one of a trio of ships including Aire and Ouse for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched on 7 April 1887. [3]

SS <i>Aire</i> (1886) A freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1886

SS Aire was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1886.

SS Ouse was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1884.

In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway. In 1923 she was acquired by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway British pre-grouping railway company

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in Northern England.

London and North Western Railway former railway company in United Kingdom

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.

London, Midland and Scottish Railway British “Big 4” railway company, active 1923–1947

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, Midland Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, several Scottish railway companies, and numerous other, smaller ventures.

She was sent for scrapping on 23 April 1926.

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References

  1. ↑ "SS Calder (1887)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  3. ↑ "Launch at Low Walker" . Shields Daily Gazette. England. 8 April 1887. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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