SS Hebble (1891)
| History | |
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| Name: | 1891-1917:SS Hebble |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard |
| Yard number: | 47 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1891 |
| Out of service: | 6 May 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 904 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 225 feet (69 m) |
| Beam: | 31.6 feet (9.6 m) |
| Draught: | 15.5 feet (4.7 m) |
SS Hebble was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1891.[1]
History
She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited[2] and launched on 24 August 1891.
On 12 August 1908 she was damaged in a collision with the Yarmouth steamer Armourer in the River Humber.[3]
She was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in the First World War and struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Roker, County Durham (54°55′N 1°18′W / 54.917°N 1.300°WCoordinates: 54°55′N 1°18′W / 54.917°N 1.300°W) with the loss of five of her crew.[4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "1098385". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Humber Collision". Nottingham Evening Post (England). 12 August 1908. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Hebble". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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