SS Alt

History
United Kingdom
Name	1911–1940: SS Alt
Operator	1911–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1948: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1948–1955: British Railways
Port of registry
Builder	William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne[1]
Yard number	175
Launched	25 October 1911
Completed	Dec 1911
Out of service	January 1955
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,004 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	240.2 feet (73.2 m)
Beam	34.2 feet (10.4 m)
Draught	15.4 feet (4.7 m)

SS Alt was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911.^[2]

She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 25 October 1911.

In May 1916 she was in collision with the French steamer Iles Chausey. The Iles Chausey sank with six men missing.^[3]

In 1922 she transferred to the London and North Western Railway and in 1923 to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

On 2 June 1932, whilst in the west dock in Goole, there was a serious fire in the store room adjacent to the engine room.^[4]

In 1948 she was taken over by the British Transport Commission. She was scrapped in January 1955.