SS Spen

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History
Name1908-1933:SS Spen
Operator
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
BuilderWilliam Dobson and Company, Walker Yard
Yard number161
Launched6 October 1908
Out of serviceSeptember 1933
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage900  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length215.6 feet (65.7 m)
Beam32.3 feet (9.8 m)
Draught12.9 feet (3.9 m)

SS Spen was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1908. [1]

History

She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway [2] and launched on 6 October 1908.

On 20 June 1910 she was badly damaged in a collision with the steamer Willie just off Saxflee. She had to be beached until repairs could be made [3]

During the First World War she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for services out of Newhaven. As a result of an encounter with a German submarine, her Captain, W. Allan received a gold watch.

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

She was sent for scrapping in August 1933.

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References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "1122968" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Collision off Saxfleet" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 20 June 1910. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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