SS Blanche (1863)

SS Blanche was the first ship built by A and J Inglis at Pointhouse, Glasgow as Yard No.1 and launched on 8 April 1863.[1] She was a cargo steamer and entered service in May 1863 with Glasgow shipowner, Hermann L Seligmann on his Glasgow-Dunkirk service.[1][2][3] Seligmann sold Blanche in 1864 to Mathew Langlands of M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow, and in 1867 she was resold to London-based Joseph Weatherley.[3] In 1888 the ship was purchased by Christopher Furness of West Hartlepool, who employed her as a coastal collier.[3][4] Furness' shipping business was incorporated in October 1891 as Furness, Withy & Company Ltd but, before formal transfer of her ownership, Blanche was sold to Osborn & Wallis of Bristol.[3][4]

History
United Kingdom
Name:	SS Blanche
Owner:	1863 H L Seligmann, Glasgow 1864 M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow 18xx (foreign) 1872 Joseph Weatherley, John Mead & Edward Hussey, London 1889 Furness Withy. 1892 Osborn & Wallis
Builder:	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number:	1
Launched:	8 April 1863
Fate:	Wrecked 15 July 1901
General characteristics
Type:	Iron steamship - collier
Tonnage:	246grt (1872: 234grt, 145net)
Length:	121 feet (1872: 146.1 feet)
Beam:	20 feet (1872: 20.1 feet)
Draught:	(Depth) 12 feet (1872: 12.0 feet)
Propulsion:	Steam

Blanche was wrecked on 15 July 1901 on Île-Tudy on her passage from Cardiff to Quimper, Brittany, with a cargo of bran.[3][5]

References

1. "Launch". Glasgow Herald (7255). 11 April 1863. p. 4.
2. "Glasgow & Dunkirk". Glasgow Herald (7270). 29 April 1863. p. 8.
3. "Blanche". Clyde Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
4. Burrell, David (1992). Furness Withy. Kendal: World Ship Society. pp. 20, 186, 188. ISBN 0 905617 70 3.
5. "SS Blanche (+1901)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 28 May 2016.