Name 1903-1906SS Colne Out of service 11 March 1906 Launched 25 July 1903 | Yard number 256 Fate Sunk Length 72 m | |
Operator 1903-1905Goole Steam Shipping Company1905-1906Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Builder Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow | ||
SS Colne was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1903.
History
She was built in 1903 by the Cylde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow as one of a trio of ships which included SS Nidd and SS Humber. She was launched on 25 July 1903.
In 1905 she came under the ownership of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
She sank on 11 March 1906 when her cargo of coal shifted in a storm. Fifteen horses penned between the decks were drowned. Twelve of the crew were drowned, and seven were rescued from a lifeboat by the crew of the Ramsgate fishing vessel Uncle Dick.
References
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