SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902.[1]

History
Name1902–1933: SS Unity
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderMurdoch and Murray Port Glasgow
Yard number190
Launched1 November 1902
FateSunk 2 May 1918 by UB-57
General characteristics
Tonnage1,091 gross register tons (GRT)
Length246.8 feet (75.2 m)
Beam36.3 feet (11.1 m)
Draught13.5 feet (4.1 m)

History

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Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society[2] and launched on 1 November 1902.[3]

Unity was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Having avoided a torpedo attack which sank another vessel from the line in April 1918, Unity was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-57 in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "1113120". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. ^ "New Steamer for Goole". Hull Daily Mail. England. 3 November 1902. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Unity". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2012.