SS ''Staveley'' was a passenger and freight 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 1891.

History

The ship was built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend and launched on 1 May 1891. She was placed on the Grimsby to Hamburg route with her sister ships SS Lutterworth and . In 1893 she made a record breaking trip between Grimsby and Hamburg in 25 hours 55 minutes. In 1897 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 ...

. On 10 July 1914 she was involved in a collision in fog with an unknown vessel about 60 miles off Spurn Head. When she arrived in Grimsby, a large rent extended almost to the water line. In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway who kept her in service until 1932 when she was sold to the

British and Irish Steam Packet Company The British and Irish Steam Packet Company Limited was a steam packet and passenger ferry company operating between ports in Ireland and in Great Britain between 1836 and 1992. It was latterly popularly called the B&I, and branded as B&I Line ...

who scrapped her in 1933.

References

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