Sheffield [Selda, Sheffield, Huseyniye, Seyyar]

[Nicholas Peppas]

Sheffield was an old British passenger/cargo ship that was active in the Mediterranean in the 1919-1922 period. She belonged to J. Constant of Grimsby at that time. In that, Miramar is incorrect... It gives the impression that after the Ottoman Navy, the ship went directly to Turkish buyers, something that is not correct!

1877
Name: SHEFFIELD Keel:
Type: Passenger/cargo Launch Date: 13.1.77
Flag: GBR Date of completion:
Tons: 644 Link: 1556
DWT: Yard No: 212
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 61.3 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 8.3 Builder: Elder
Material of build: I Location of yard: Govan
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 1C-
Naval or paramilitary marking : A: * End: 1961
Subsequent History: 14 SELDA - 19 SHEFFIELD - 26 HUSEYNIYE - 31 SEYYAR
Disposal Data: BU Istanbul 7.61

SHEFFIELD 644 1877 Manchester Sheffield
SELDA 644 1914 Ottoman Navy TUR
HUSEYNIYE 644 1926 I. Huseyin Rustem
SEYYAR 644 1931 V.E. Dimitriades

Clydebuilt gives a more accurate view

ss SHEFFIELDbuilt by John Elder & Co Govan,
Yard No 212
Last Name: SEYYAR (1931)
Previous Names: HUSEYNIYE (1926) SHEFFIELD (1919) SELDA (1914)
Launched: Saturday, 13/01/1877
Built: 1877
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 644 grt
Length: 201 feet
Breadth: 27.1 feet
Owner History:
Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company, Grimsby
1897 Great Central Railway, Grimsby
1910 Patriotic SS Co., London
1911 Jos. Constant, Grimsby
1914 Ottoman Navy transport
1919 J.Constant, Grimsby
1926 onwards various Turkish owners
Status: Sold for Scrapping - 07/1961

Remarks: Seized at Constantinople 23/11/1914, returned 1919
withdrawn from service 1953, broken up 1961

The ship was a Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ship originally doing the route of Grimsby to Rotterdam or Antwerpen.

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The Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company also known as the Great Central Railway was first formed in 1847 to run a service between New Holland (Lincs) and Hull. In 1865 they commenced steamship services to Hamburg by taking over the Anglo-French Steam Ship Company.

Then, in 1866, they commenced Grimsby - Rotterdam service, and in 1867 Grimsby - Antwerp service. The Hamburg service became daily in 1891.

In 1897 the company was renamed the Great Central Railway. The company became part of the London & North Eastern Railway Company in 1923.

Schedule of Sheffield from May 27, 1919

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