SS Winifredian

Winifredian in Boston
History
United Kingdom
Name	Winifredian
Owner	F Leyland & Co
Operator	1927: Red Star Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	1899: Liverpool – Boston 1927: Antwerp – New York
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	324
Launched	11 March 1899
Completed	8 July 1899
Maiden voyage	22 July 1899
Identification	UK official number 110584 code letters RFTW by 1914: call sign MFL
Fate	scrapped 1929
General characteristics
Type	cargo liner
Tonnage	10,405 GRT, 6,816 NRT
Length	552.5 ft (168.4 m)
Beam	59.3 ft (18.1 m)
Depth	28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	847 NHP or 5,500 ihp
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion engine 1 × screw
Sail plan	four-masted schooner
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity	as built: 140 passengers 820 head of cattle refrigerated cargo: 1901: 8,640 cubic feet (245 m3) 1903: 43,400 cubic feet (1,229 m3) 1914: 60,790 cubic feet (1,721 m3)
Troops	Boer War: at least 68 officers + 1,832 other ranks First World War: at least 83 officers + 2,344 other ranks
Notes	sister ship: Devonian

SS Winifredian was a British cargo liner that was launched in Ireland in 1899. She was designed to carry a large number of cattle or other livestock, and a smaller number of passengers. When she was built she had a small amount of refrigerated space in her holds. This was increased twice in the first 15 years of her career. In the Second Boer War and the First World War she carried troops and horses. She survived striking a mine in 1917. She spent her whole career with Frederick Leyland & Co, mostly on a scheduled route between Liverpool and Boston. She was scrapped in Italy in 1929.