SS ''Blackburn'' was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the

Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...

in 1910.

History

The ship was built by

Earle's Shipbuilding Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932. Earle Brothers The company was started in Hull in 1845 by two brothers, Charles and William Earle. The firm was made u ...

of Hull and launched on 8 September 1910 by Miss Joyce Evelyn Barwick of Grimsby. She was one of an order for four ships, the others being , and . She was built with accommodation for 100 first-class, 10 second-class and 300 third-class passengers. She had a very short career with the

as on 8 December 1910 she was in collision with the London steamer ''Rook'' off Sheringham, Norfolk. Twenty-eight crew and twenty-nine passengers escaped in three lifeboats. The wreck was located five days later and found to be lying in three fathoms of water. It was marked with a buoy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackburn 1910 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the Humber Ships of the Great Central Railway