SS Lesbian

SS Lesbian may refer to one of these ships of the Ellerman Lines:

SS Lesbian (1874)

Lesbian was a 1,559 GRT cargo liner which was built by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd., Liverpool. She was launched in 1874 and scrapped in 1903.

History

Lesbian was built in 1874 by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd, Liverpool as yard number 162. Launched in July 1874, she was built for F R Leyland and Co.Lesbian served with the Leyland Line until 1901, when she was sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd. She was renamed Algeria and served for a further two years. Algeria was scrapped at Livorno, Italy in 1903.

Official number and code letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Lesbian had the UK Official Number 70850.

References

SS Lesbian (1923)

Lesbian was a 2,352 GRT cargo ship which was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1923 for Ellerman Lines Ltd. She was seized in 1940 by the Vichy French forces.

History

Lesbian was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd as yard number 1211. She was launched on 31 July 1923 and completed in September 1923.Lesbian was the third Ellerman Lines ship to bear that name. She was named after the inhabitants of Lesbos, Greece. Lesbian was operated by Ellerman Lines Ltd until 1937. From 1937 until her capture in 1940 she was operated under the management of Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd.

War service

Lesbian was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.

Lesbian was a member of Convoy OG 1, which formed at sea on 2 October 1939 and was destined for Gibraltar. She was carrying a general cargo bound for Piraeus, Greece.

Lesbian was a member of Convoy HG 7, which departed Port Said, Egypt on 3 November 1939 and arrived at Liverpool on 22 November. She was carrying a general cargo and also fruit.