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<p>[QUOTE="Charliebfc, post: 197233, member: 3230"]My Last purchase of 2016, From a private purchase ,</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from A Auctioneer I know</p><p><br /></p><p>Bit of sad history this one but adds to the uniqueness of it .</p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice Historical Item[ATTACH=full]56139[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Huddersfield</i> was built by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elder_(shipbuilder)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elder_(shipbuilder)" rel="nofollow">John Elder and Company</a> of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govan" rel="nofollow">Govan</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" rel="nofollow">Scotland</a>, and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" rel="nofollow">launched</a> on 23 September 1872.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> In 1897 she passed into the ownership of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" rel="nofollow">Great Central Railway</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 26 May 1903 on leaving <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp" rel="nofollow">Antwerp</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" rel="nofollow">Belgium</a>, she was in collision in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Scheldt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Scheldt" rel="nofollow">River Scheldt</a> with the Norwegian <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steamsip&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steamsip&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">steamer</a> <i>Uto</i> and sank. All 22 of her passengers – emigrants from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" rel="nofollow">Galicia</a> on their way to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" rel="nofollow">Canada</a> - drowned.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> The crew of 17 were rescued by the company ship <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Retford_(1883)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Retford_(1883)" rel="nofollow"><i>Retford</i></a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Believed to Be Bell From First Class Dinning Room</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Charliebfc, post: 197233, member: 3230"]My Last purchase of 2016, From a private purchase , Bought from A Auctioneer I know Bit of sad history this one but adds to the uniqueness of it . Very nice Historical Item[ATTACH=full]56139[/ATTACH] [I]Huddersfield[/I] was built by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elder_(shipbuilder)']John Elder and Company[/URL] of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govan']Govan[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland']Scotland[/URL], and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching']launched[/URL] on 23 September 1872.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] In 1897 she passed into the ownership of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Central_Railway']Great Central Railway[/URL]. On 26 May 1903 on leaving [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp']Antwerp[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium']Belgium[/URL], she was in collision in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Scheldt']River Scheldt[/URL] with the Norwegian [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steamsip&action=edit&redlink=1']steamer[/URL] [I]Uto[/I] and sank. All 22 of her passengers – emigrants from [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)']Galicia[/URL] on their way to [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL] - drowned.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Huddersfield_(1872)#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] The crew of 17 were rescued by the company ship [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Retford_(1883)'][I]Retford[/I][/URL]. [B]Believed to Be Bell From First Class Dinning Room[/B].[/QUOTE]
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