WHARFE

Built 06/1890
Tonnages 914 grt, 363 nrt
Dimensions 245.0 x 32.7 x 15.7 ft
Shipbuilder (yard number) William Dobson & Co. Ltd., Walker, Newcastle (38)
Engine builder Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd., Newcastle
Engine T3cyl (24, 38, 61 x 36in), 261nhp
O.N. 91323
Owners 1890 Goole Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., Goole
  1905 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company, Goole
  1922 London & North-Western Railway Company, Goole
 

1923 London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Goole

   
Fate Q3/1933 broken up by T. W. Ward Ltd. at Barrow-in-Furness

 

... and from collection of Stan Threadgould (lower photo in Barge Dock with HEBBLE of 1891)

In her final years she was used to ferry railway carriages from Barrow to Ireland

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