SS Rother (1914)

History
Name	1914–1956: SS Rother
Operator	1914–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway; 1923–1932: London, Midland and Scottish Railway; 1948–1956: British Railways;
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	308
Launched	18 March 1914
Fate	Scrapped 27 September 1956
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,098 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	240 feet (73 m)
Beam	34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught	15.3 feet (4.7 m)

Name1914–1956: SS Rother

Operator

BuilderClyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow

Yard number308

SS Rother was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.^[1]

v t e Ships operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
LYR operated ships	Aire Alt Berlin Calder Colne Cuxhaven Dearne Derwent Don Douglas Equity Hebble Hodder Humber Irwell Liberty Mersey Nidd Ouse Ouse Ralph Creyke Rawcliffe Rosa Rother River Crake River Ribble Rye Spen Unity Wenning West Riding Wharfe
Jointly operated with the London and North Western Railway	Colleen Bawn Duke of Albany Duke of Argyll Duke of Clarence Duke of Connaught (I) Duke of Connaught (II) Duke of Cornwall Duke of Cumberland Duke of Lancaster Duke of York Earl of Ulster Ivernagh Kathleen Mavourneen Lune Mellifont Norah Creina Prince Arthur Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Royal Consort Thomas Dugdale Tredagh

References

History




Name	1914–1956: SS Rother
Operator	1914–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1932: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1948–1956: British Railways
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	308
Launched	18 March 1914
Fate	Scrapped 27 September 1956


General characteristics
Tonnage	1,098 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	240 feet (73 m)
Beam	34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught	15.3 feet (4.7 m)