SS Dewsbury (1910)

History
Name	SS Dewsbury
Operator	1910-1923:Great Central Railway 1923-1935:London and North Eastern Railway 1935-1959:Associated Humber Lines
Builder	Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched	14 April 1910
Maiden voyage	17 June 1910
Out of service	February 1959
Fate	Scrapped March 1959
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,631  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length	265 feet (81 m)
Beam	36 feet (11 m)
Depth	17.4 feet (5.3 m)

SS Dewsbury was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1910. ^[1]

History

SS Dewsbury painted by A. J. Jansen, Antwerp in 1910

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched in 1910. She was one of an order for four ships, the others being Bury, Blackburn and Accrington. She undertook her maiden voyage from Grimsby to Antwerp on 17 June 1910 with Sir Alexander Henderson, chairman of the Great Central Railway and a number of the directors, and of the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company. ^[2]

She was in Hamburg at the outbreak of the First World War, but managed to escape and returned safely to Grimsby. ^[3]

In 1915 she was hired by the Great Western Railway during a dispute with its sailors and firemen over pay. She was deployed on the Fishguard to Cork service. ^[4]

In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. In October 1928 she collided with the German steamer Lulealf at Hamburg, resulting in damage to both vessels. ^[5]

In 1935 she transferred to Associated Humber Lines. On 25 October 1936 the Captain and crew rescued the crew of the Dutch motor vessel Albion in the North Sea. Captain A.J.E. Snowden and nine members of the crew were recognized for their gallantry in risking their own lives in terrific seas. ^[6]

She was scrapped in March 1959.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "Grimsby's New Docks. First Steamer Sails for Antwerp" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 18 June 1910. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Steamer which is overde from Hamburg" . Birmingham Mail. England. 14 August 1914. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "G.W.R. Cross-Channel Service Stopped. Strike at Fishguard" . Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. England. 14 August 1915. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Casualties. (Lloyd's Telegrams)" . Hartlepool Mail. England. 6 October 1928. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Gallantry at Sea. Presentations to Crew of Hull Steamer" . Yorkshire Evening Post. England. 18 December 1936. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.