Name 1914-1918SS Rye Fate Sunk 7 April 1918 Launched 21 May 1914 Draft 4.66 m | Yard number 309 Draught 15.3 feet (4.7 m) Length 73 m Beam 10 m | |
Operator 1914-1918Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Tonnage 1,098 gross register tons (GRT) Builder Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow | ||
SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.
History
The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She was undergoing trials in June 1914.
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.
References
SS Rye (1914) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA