SS Columbia (1894)
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| Builder: | J and G Thomson, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 274 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1894 |
| Out of service: | 24 January 1918 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk |
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| Type: | passenger vessel/troopship |
| Tonnage: | 1,145 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 270.7 feet (82.5 m) |
| Beam: | 34 feet (10 m) |
| Draught: | 14.6 feet (4.5 m) |
SS Columbia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1894.[1]
History
The ship was built by J and G Thomson of Clydebank and launched on 4 September 1894 [2] by Miss Alderson. She was one of an order for two ships, the other being Alma. She was intended for the fast passenger mail service operated by the railway company between Southampton and Le Havre.
On 13 February 1898 she collided with the French fishing-smack Gazelle. Of the crew of eight French fishermen, only two were rescued.[3]
In 1912 she was sold to J.J. Sitges Freres of Alicante and renamed Sitges. He was acquired by the French Navy in 1915 and renamed Corse. The troopship was sunk on 24 January 1918 at La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône by SM UC-67. Her crew survived.[4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "New Passenger Steamer". The Star (Scotland). 6 September 1894. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "A fatal collision…". Grantham Journal (England). 19 February 1898. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Corse". Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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