SS Skinningrove

The SS Skinningrove was one of the four main pig iron transporting vessels used by the Skinningrove Iron Company from their jetty at Skinningrove. Terry Shaw has assisted with the following information: “SS Skinningrove a steel screw steamer (General Cargo) IMO 5230454 was built in 1895 by J. L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. at North Sands yard no 332, the vessel was completed on 2nd July 1895. Dimensions: Length 155 feet, Breadth 26 feet, Depth 11.7 feet, 516 tons.
The first owners were Skinningrove Iron Co Ltd – T. C. Hutchinson Middlesbrough.
The Ships other names were:
1919 – Hailsham
1923 – Skinningrove
1936 – Stangrove
1941 – Castilla Del Oro
1944 – Condestable
1954 – Sotileza
1955 – Mechelin
The SS Skinningrove was broken up at Aviles by Desguaces y Salvamentos S. A. on 12/07/1971.

Note: This ship ( off no 98787) built in 1895 was the second of two ships named SS Skinningrove, the original (off no 98773) was built by Wood, Skinner and Company Ltd in 1891 for Charles Henry Pile, London, (Shipping Investments, Cork).
Skinningrove Iron Company Ltd used this ship for the export of pig iron from 1891 to 1895 when the ship was sold to P. Biraben & Fils, Bordeaux and renamed Pierre-Paul.

Image (from a newspaper cutting) courtesy of several sources including Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Terry Shaw for the additional information.