Killingholme

Killingholme (c. G.Robinson) Killingholme (c. G.Robinson)

Ownership

1912 Great Central Railway Company
(02/1916 - 04/1917 Admiralty requisition)
1923 LNER
(05/1941 - 03/1945 Admiralty requisition)

Capacity

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Routes

Hull - New Holland ferry

Shipbuilder

Earle's Ship Building & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull (yard no. 584)
Launched 22/02/1912   Completed 03/1912

Dimensions

GRT: 508grt

Length: 195ft.

Beam: 31.1ft.

Engine builder

Earle's Ship Building & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull

Propulsion

Compound diagonal 2 cyl., 25", 48" x 45", 98NHP. 14 knots.
Paddle wheel.

Notes

Served as fleet messenger 1916 - 1917 and as a kite balloon vessel 1941 - 1945.
Sold in July 1945 for breaking at Paull near Hull.

Acknowledgments

Compiled by George Robinson.