View source for SS Warrington (1886)

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| Ship name                = SS ''Warrington''
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*1886–1897: [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]
*1897–1903: [[Great Central Railway]]
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'''SS ''Warrington''''' was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=English |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}</ref>

==History==

The ship was built by [[Swan Hunter]] and launched on 9 June 1886 by Mrs. Hunter.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Launch and Trial Trip from Wallsend |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000287/18860610/040/0004 |newspaper=Shields Daily Gazette |location=England |date=10 June 1886 |access-date=10 November 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> She was built for the passenger a freight trade between Grimsby and Hamburg. She was the second of an order of two ships from Swan Hunter, the other being {{SS|Northenden|1886|2}} launched on 1 May 1886. The saloon furnishings were fitted with panels of Hungarian ash, the mouldings were of walnut, the stiles of oak with carved oak pilasters and Corinthian capitals. The mouldings throughout the saloon were of carved oak. She was despatched from the River Tyne on 24 July 1886.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The M.S. and L. Railway Company’s Steamers |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000287/18860726/036/0004 |newspaper=Shields Daily Gazette |location=England |date=26 July 1886 |access-date=10 November 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In 1897 she was acquired by the [[Great Central Railway]].  On Saturday 6 December 1903 she ran aground and was lost on the sands near Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Loss of a G.C.R. Steamer |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19031210/012/0003 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=10 December 1903 |access-date=10 November 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Board of Trade enquiry in January 1904 found that Captain G. H. Morris was guilty of a grave error of judgment in relying solely upon the lights of vessels as evidence of his position.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Captain's Error of Judgment |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19040127/160/0008 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |location=England |date=27 January 1904 |access-date=10 November 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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[[Category:1886 ships]]
[[Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Tyne]]
[[Category:Ships of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]
[[Category:Ships of the Great Central Railway]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1903]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of Norfolk]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the North Sea]]