Name 1911-1940 SS Ouse Out of service 8 August 1940 Launched 21 September 1911 Draft 4.69 m | Yard number 174 Fate Sunk Length 73 m | |
Operator 1911-1922 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1922-1923 London and North Western Railway
1923-1940 London, Midland and Scottish Railway Builder William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard | ||
SS Ouse was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911.
History
She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 September 1911.
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 when she operated as a decoy “Q” ship as Rule, Baryta, Cassor and Q35.
On 8 August 1940 she collided with SS Rye in the English Channel off Newhaven whilst avoiding a torpedo fired by S-20 and sank. 23 crew were rescued.
References
SS Ouse (1911) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA