SS Barnsley (1876)

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SS Barnsley was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1876.[1]

History
Name
  • 1876–1889: SS Barnsley
  • 1889–1905: SS Gomes VI
  • 1905–1909: SS Lobito
Operator
  • 1876–1889: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
  • 1889–1898: A Gomez, Lisbon
  • 1898–1905: Empreza de Navegação por Vapor para o Algarve e Guadiana, Lisbon
  • 1905–1905: J Soares Franco, Lisbon
  • 1905–1906: João Fonseca e Sá, Lisbon
  • 1905–1909: Empreza Nacional de Navegação, Lisbon
Port of registry
  • 1876–1889: United Kingdom
  • 1889–1909: Portugal
BuilderJohn Elder and Company, Govan
Yard number200
Launched20 May 1876
Out of service4 February 1909
FateSunk 1909
General characteristics
Tonnage603 gross register tons (GRT)
Length185.2 feet (56.4 m)
Beam27 feet (8.2 m)

History

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Barnsley was built by John Elder and Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on 20 May 1876[2] By Miss Jamieson. She was intended for the services from Grimsby, England, to Hamburg, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

In 1889 she was sold to A Gomez, Lisbon, Portugal, and renamed Gomes VI. She was sold again in 1898 to Empreza de Navegação por Vapor para o Algarve e Guadiana, Lisbon, and then in 1905 through J Soares Franco, João Fonseca e Sá, to Empreza Nacional de Navegação, all in Lisbon. She was renamed Lobito.

Lobito sank on 4 February 1909 at Ilha do Maio in the Cape Verde Islands while on passage from São Vicente for Cape Verde.

References

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  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "Launches - Govan". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 22 May 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.