SS Aire (1886)
SS Aire was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1886.[2]
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| History | |
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| Name: | SS Aire |
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| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | William Dobson and Co, Walker Yard[1] |
| Yard number: | 14 |
| Launched: | 27 November 1886 |
| Out of service: | 4 October 1930 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 698 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 212.5 feet (64.8 m) |
| Beam: | 28.8 feet (8.8 m) |
| Draught: | 13.8 feet (4.2 m) |
History
The ship was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company as one of a trio of ships including Calder and Ouse and launched on 27 November 1886.[3]
In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
She was sent for scrapping on 4 October 1930.
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References
- "SS Aire (1886)". www.tynebuiltships.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- "Tyne Shipbuilding Trade". Shields Daily Gazette. England. 29 November 1886. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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