Name: | WALNEY |
Launched: | 03/12/1903 |
Completed: | 04/1904 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 227 |
Dimensions: | 204grt, 53nrt, 120.0 x 21.1 x 10.0ft; (193x: 185grt, 76nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (30 x 54ins), 66rhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114227 |
History: | |
27/04/1904 | Furness Railway Co, Barrow; registered at Barrow |
1922 | London Midland & Scottish Railway Co, London |
1947 | British Transport Commission, London |
1949 | British Transport Docks Board, London |
1950 | British Transport Docks & Inland Waterways Executive, London |
24/11/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for a small number of passengers in fore saloon |
Served at Barrow, then to Troon in about 1930 | |
24/11/1952: Arrived for breaking up by the West of Scotland Shipbeaking Co, Troon | |
24/11/1952: Breaking commenced | |
10/02/1953: Breaking completed |
Above photo is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid
Above photo is courtesy of Bill Lind
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Shields Daily News, Friday, 04/12/1903