SS Traffic (1872)

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Traffic behind Magnetic in 1896
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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameSS Traffic
Owner
  • White Star Line (1872–1898)
  • J. Callendar (1898–1900)
  • Liverpool Lighterage Co. (1900–1955)
OperatorWhite Star Line (1873–1898)
Port of registryLiverpool
RouteServed in Mersey
Ordered1872
BuilderPhilip Speakman, Runcorn
Yard numberBelvedere Yard
Laid down1872
Launched22 September 1872
CompletedJanuary 1873
In service1873
Out of serviceMay 1941
IdentificationUnited Kingdom Official Number 69263
FateScrapped 1955
NotesCan be classified as a steam lighter
General characteristics
Type Ship's tender
Tonnage155  GRT, 83 NRT
Length101.8 ft (31.02 m)
Beam23.6 ft (7.19 m)
Depth9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Installed power40 hp
PropulsionSteam engine by W P Gaulton of Manchester, Single Screw
Speed6 knots loaded
Capacity250 tons

SS Traffic was a baggage tender of the White Star Line, built in 1872 by Philip Speakman in Runcorn and made of English Oak.

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General Career

She was launched on 22 September 1872, completed by January 1873 and registered on 21 May that year. [1] She was outfitted with machinery at the Old Quay Dock by Mr. W. P. Gaulton, an engineer from Manchester. Due to being a single person rather than her company, the fitting out took several months to construct her machinery, and she only entered service four months after launch. [2] She was based at the Port of Liverpool, and maintained a 25-year career with White Star. Traffic sometimes served as a cargo vessel, carrying goods from dock to dock, though mainly she was used to tender to the larger liners.

Traffic was laid up in Hornby Dock by March 1898, and put up for sale. [3] She was bought by James Callendar later that year [4] where she was briefly used, before being sold to the Liverpool Lighterage Company in 1900, [5] and served for nineteen years as an active barge. During 1919, Traffic was repurposed a dumb barge, although her machinery remained intact. On the night of 3 May 1941, she was sunk in the May Blitz at the Canada Dock in Liverpool, and was raised later that October. Due to not appearing on registrations after, it is likely the old and rotten ship was hulked. She was reported to have been broken up at Tranmere by 1955, at an age of eighty-two years. She was the only baggage tender used by the White Star Line until the company's SS Pontic entered service in 1894, where the two would work together.


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