| History | |
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| Name | 1902–1933: SS Unity |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow |
| Yard number | 190 |
| Launched | 1 November 1902 |
| Fate | Sunk 2 May 1918 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
[edit]Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society[2] and launched on 1 November 1902.[3]
Unity 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, Unity was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-57 in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "New Steamer for Goole". Hull Daily Mail. England. 3 November 1902. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Unity". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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