SS Yorkshire, Grangemouth

Maker
Zinco Collotype Company
Production date
1901
 Description
View of a cargo ship with a straight stem, counter stern and bridge and engines amidships. She has a single straight funnel. The mainmast and foremast are equipped with derricks. She is empty, the Plimsoll line being well above the waterline.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
1901
Subject person
Subject place
Grangemouth Dockyard/Dalgrain Rd/Old Grangemouth/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
SS Yorkshire was a steel screw steamer of 1305 tons built by the Grangemouth Dockyard Co and launched in 1901 for the Erimus Steam Ship Co Ltd. For most of the 19th century, steamships were also equipped with sails but by 1900 that policy had been abandoned.
Accession number
P09404

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