SS Gainsborough (1880)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Gainsborough |
| Operator: | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 20 December 1880 |
| Completed: | 1881 |
| Out of service: | 1883 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,081 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 231.1 feet (70.4 m) |
| Beam: | 30.3 feet (9.2 m) |
| Depth: | 15.7 feet (4.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 900 hp |
SS Gainsborough was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1880.[1]
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 20 December 1880[2] by Mrs. Bristow, wife of Captain Bristow, of the New York liner Romano. She had a large poop fitted with a large saloon and state rooms for 40 first-class passengers, top-gallant forecastle for seamen and firemen, and accommodation for emigrants between decks. She was put on the route between Grimsby and Hamburg.
On 27 December 1883 having been delayed by fog, she left the mouth of the River Elbe, and when about twenty five miles from Spurn Point, was struck amidships by the steam collier Wear, on a voyage from Sunderland for London. The Gainsborough was cut down to below the water line, and sank in a few minutes. The passengers and crew of the Gainsborough were taken off by the Wear, but it was feared that the Wear was also sinking so they were transferred to the Franklin, and taken to London. [3]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "Hull – Launch of the Gainsborough at Earle's Shipbuilding Yard". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 21 December 1880. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Total Loss of a Grimsby Passenger Steamer". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 28 December 1883. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).