SS Colchester
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1886-1919:TSS Colchester |
| Operator: | 1886-1916:Great Eastern Railway |
| Port of registry: |
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| Route: | 1886-1916:Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp |
| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 16 October 1888 |
| Out of service: | 1919 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,160 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 280.8 feet (85.6 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
| Depth: | 15.2 feet (4.6 m) |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots |
TSS Colchester was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1888.[1]
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 16 October 1888.[2] She was launched by the Mayoress of Colchester (Miss Paxman). She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route.[3]
Was operating to neutral Holland when captured by Germany on 21 September 1916.[4] Captain Bennett and his crew of 29 were interned at Ruhleben.[5] The Colchester was damaged in an attack on Zeebrugge on 17 February 1917.[6]
She grounded at Kiel in 1918 and was scrapped in 1919.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "Launch of “The Colchester” at Hull. Christening by Miss Paxman". Essex Standard (England). 20 October 1880. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0 946378 22 3.
- ↑ "A Berlin telegram states…". Essex Newsman (England). 30 September 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Crew of the Colchester in Captivity". Birmingham Daily Post (England). 4 October 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "New Zebrugge Attach". Sunday Mirror (England). 18 February 1917. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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