SS Don (1892)

SS Don was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1892.[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name: 1892-1915:SS Don
Operator:
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

She 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
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "1098389". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. "Don". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. "BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA Part 1 of 2 - Abadol (oiler) to Lynx (destroyer)". Naval History. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

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