SS Rye (1914)

SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.[1]

History
Name1914-1918:SS Rye
Operator1914-1918:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderClyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number309
Launched21 May 1914
FateSunk 7 April 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage1,098 gross register tons (GRT)
Length240 feet (73 m)
Beam34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught15.3 feet (4.7 m)

History

The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She underwent trials in June 1914.[2]

The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) northwest by west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (49°57′N 0°07′W) on 7 April 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UB-74 with the loss of four of her crew.[3][4]

References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "New Goole Steamer". Hull Daily Mail. England. 17 June 1914. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 3 of 3 - September 1917-November 1918 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. "Rye". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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