Out of service 1919 Launched 16 October 1888 Depth 4.63 m | Fate Scrapped Length 86 m Beam 9.45 m | |
Name 1886-1919TSS Colchester Operator 1886-1916Great Eastern Railway Route 1886-1916Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp Tonnage 1,160 gross register tons (GRT) Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
TSS Colchester was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1888.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 16 October 1888. She was launched by the Mayoress of Colchester (Miss Paxman). She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route.
Was operating to neutral Holland when captured by Germany on 21 September 1916. Captain Bennett and his crew of 29 were interned at Ruhleben. The Colchester was damaged in an attack on Zeebrugge on 17 February 1917.
She grounded at Kiel in 1918 and was scrapped in 1919.
References
SS Colchester Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA