History
NameSS Halifax
OperatorManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderJohn Elder and Company, Govan
Yard number149
Launched17 December 1872
Out of service18 February 1876
FateSunk
General characteristics
Tonnage1,079 gross register tons (GRT)
Length231 feet (70 m)
Beam30.2 feet (9.2 m)

SS Halifax was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1872.[1]

History

The ship was built by John Elder and Company of Govan and launched on 17 December 1872.[2] She was the second in an order for two ships from the same shipyard, the other being Huddersfield.

On 16 February 1876 she left Grimsby for Hamburg, and on 17 February ran ashore at Heligoland. She broke up in a storm on 15 March 1876[3] and was a total loss. Unfortunately for the railway company had not insured her and this added to the losses reported by the company later that year.[4]

References

  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "Launches - Govan". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 18 December 1872. Retrieved 11 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The Great Eastern and Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Companies". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 15 September 1872. Retrieved 11 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
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