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

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

in 1888.

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 ...

in Hull and launched on 1 November 1888 by Miss Evelyn Button (aged 6). She was fitted with water ballast in a double bottom on the cellular system, and arranged with poop, bridge, and top-gallant forecastle. Accommodation was provided in the poop for forty first-class passengers, with dining saloon in polished hardwoods. The officers and engineers were berthed under the bridge, and the crew in the forecastle. She was also fitted with portable berths for emigrants. She was schooner rigged, and equipped with three steam winches and two steam cranes for handling cargo. She was acquired by 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 1897. She was sold in 1913 to Greek owners and renamed ''Eleftheria''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldham 1888 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the Humber Ships of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Ships of the Great Central Railway