SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.[1]

History

The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She underwent trials in June 1914.[2]

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 / 49.950°N 0.117°W / 49.950; -0.117) on 7 April 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UB-74 with the loss of four of her crew.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "New Goole Steamer". Hull Daily Mail. England. 17 June 1914. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 3 of 3 – September 1917 – November 1918 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Rye". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rye_(1914)
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