SS Rye (1914)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1914-1918:SS Rye |
| Operator: | 1914-1918:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 309 |
| Launched: | 21 May 1914 |
| Out of service: | 7 April 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,098 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 240 feet (73 m) |
| Beam: | 34.1 feet (10.4 m) |
| Draught: | 15.3 feet (4.7 m) |
SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.[1]
History
The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She was undergoing trials in June 1914.[2]
The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) north west by west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (49°57′N 0°07′W / 49.950°N 0.117°W) by SM UB-74 with the loss of four of her crew. [3][4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "New Goole Steamer". Hull Daily Mail (England). 17 June 1914. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 3 of 3 - September 1917-November 1918 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Rye". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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