SS Lesbian (1874)

Lesbian was a cargo liner which was built by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd., Liverpool. She was launched in 1874 and scrapped in 1903.

History
Lesbian was built in 1874 by Thomas Royden & Sons Ltd, Liverpool as yard number 162. Launched in July 1874, she was built for F R Leyland and Co. In July 1878, the steamship SS Sicilian (1859) suffered a broken propeller shaft. Sicilian was towed in to Gibraltar on 3 July by Lesbian. In February 1888, Lesbian ran aground at "Bulgar", Ottoman Empire whilst on a voyage from Constantinople to Liverpool. She served with the Leyland Line until 1901, when she was sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd. She was renamed Algeria and served for a further two years. Algeria was scrapped at Livorno, Italy in 1903.

Official number and code letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Lesbian had the UK Official Number 70850.