SS Hilda

SS Hilda was a steamship owned by the London and South Western Railway. She was used on the Southampton - Channel Islands - St Malo service until she sank in 1905 with the loss of at least 125 lives.Hilda was built by Aitkin & Mansel, Whiteinch, Glasgow at a cost of £33,000. She was yard number 117 and was launched in July 1882. Completion was in January 1883. Hilda was 235 feet 6 inches long, with a beam of 29 feet 1 inch and a depth of 14 feet 2 inches . Hilda was powered by two 220 horsepower compound steam engines which were made by John and James Thompson and Company, Glasgow. They had cylinders of 37 inches and 69 inches bore by 39 inches stroke. The 1894-fitted boilers were made by Day, Summers and Company, of the Northam Iron Works, Southampton. These gave her a speed of 14 knots . She was 848 GRT, and had a licensed passenger capacity of 566. Hilda carried six lifeboats with a capacity of 348 people, as well as 12 lifebuoys and 318 lifejackets.

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