SS Rother (1914)

History
Name	1914-1956:SS Rother
Operator	1914-1922:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922-1923:London and North Western Railway 1923-1932:London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1948-1956:British Railways
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	308
Launched	18 March 1914
Fate	Scrapped 27 September 1956
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,098  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length	240 feet (73 m)
Beam	34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught	15.3 feet (4.7 m)

SS Rother was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914. ^[1]

History

The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 18 March 1914. ^[2] She was fitted with refrigeration equipment and intended for the Goole to Hamburg services.

In 1920 three boys from Copenhagen stowed away in the hold. They were discovered shortly after departure, otherwise they would have frozen to death. Goole Magistrates ordered their return to Copenhagen. ^[3]

In 1922 she transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was acquired in 1948 by British Railways and remained in service until 27 September 1956 when she arrived at Dunston on Tyne for scrapping.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "New Goole Steamer" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 20 March 1914. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Danish Boys Stow Away On British Ship" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 22 September 1920. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.