SS Altona (1877)

History
Name	1877–1914: SS Altona 1914–1927: SS River Crake
Operator	1877–1895: Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company 1895–1905: Goole Steam Shipping Company 1905–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1927: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry
Builder	William Thompson, Dundee
Yard number	19
Launched	13 February 1877
Out of service	1927
Fate	Scrapped 1927
General characteristics
Tonnage	672 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	202.1 feet (61.6 m)
Beam	28.2 feet (8.6 m)
Depth	13 feet (4.0 m)

SS Altona was a freight vessel built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1877.^[1] The ship was scrapped in 1927.

The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 13 February 1877.^[2]

in 1895 she was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company.

In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and renamed River Crake. She returned to railway company control in 1916.

In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and one year later by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

She was scrapped in 1927.