SS Ouse (1911)
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | 1911–1940: SS Ouse |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard[1] |
| Yard number | 174 |
| Launched | 21 September 1911 |
| Completed | November 1911 |
| Fate | Sunk 8 August 1940 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Eastbourne |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,004 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 240.2 feet (73.2 m) |
| Beam | 34.2 feet (10.4 m) |
| Draught | 15.4 feet (4.7 m) |
SS Ouse was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911.[2]
History
[edit]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.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "SS Ouse (1911)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Naval Events, August 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ "SS Ouse (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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Categories:
- 1911 ships
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Ships built on the River Tyne
- Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Ships of the London and North Western Railway
- Ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom
- World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel
- Maritime incidents in August 1940