SS Unity
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1902-1933:SS Unity |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 190 |
| Launched: | 1 November 1902 |
| Out of service: | 2 May 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk by UB-57 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,091 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 246.8 feet (75.2 m) |
| Beam: | 36.3 feet (11.1 m) |
| Draught: | 13.5 feet (4.1 m) |
SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902.[1]
History
She was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society[2] and launched on 1 November 1902.[3]
She was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Having avoided a torpedo attack which sank another vessel from the line in April 1918, she was torpedoed on 2 May 1918 by UB-57 and sunk in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.[4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
- ↑ "1113120". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "New Steamer for Goole". Hull Daily Mail (England). 3 November 1902. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Unity". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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