SS Don was a British freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1892.[1]
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | 1892–1915: SS Don |
Operator |
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Builder | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard |
Yard number | 54 |
Launched | 11 July 1892 |
Out of service | 8 May 1915 |
Fate | Sunk by SM U-9 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 939 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 225.5 feet (68.7 m) |
Beam | 33.3 feet (10.1 m) |
Draught | 15.7 feet (4.8 m) |
History
editShe was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited[2] and launched on 11 July 1892.
She was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
During World War I, Don was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Coquet Island by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-9 on 8 May 1915. Her crew survived.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "1098389". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ "Don". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA Part 1 of 2 - Abadol (oiler) to Lynx (destroyer)". Naval History. Retrieved 2 February 2013.