SS Ralph Creyke (1878)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Ralph Creke |
| Operator | Goole Steam Shipping Company |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Hardcastle and Watson, Pallion, Sunderland |
| Launched | 22 March 1878 |
| Out of service | 20 February 1979 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Lundy Island |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 165 feet (50 m) |
| Beam | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Draught | 12.6 feet (3.8 m) |
| Depth | 13.6 feet (4.1 m) |
SS Ralph Creyke was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1878.[1]
History
The ship was built by Hardcastle and Watson, Pallion, Sunderland for the Goole Steam Shipping Company and launched on 21 March 1878 by Miss Creyke.[2] The engines were fitted by Patterson and Atkinson, St. Lawrence Engine Works, Newcastle.
On 20 February 1879 she foundered 16 miles south west of Lundy Island on a voyage from Cardiff to Dieppe.[3] Her name was kept in a replacement vessel which was delivered later that year, Ralph Creyke.
References
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
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