SS Dearne

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SS Dearne, by A. J. Jansen
History
Name1909-1915:SS Dearne
Operator
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder Swan Hunter [1]
Yard number808
Launched10 February 1909
CompletedMar 1909
Out of service22 December 1915
FateSunk by British submarine in North Sea
General characteristics
Tonnage984  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length240.2 feet (73.2 m)
Beam34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught15.4 feet (4.7 m)

SS Dearne was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1909. [2]

History

She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson in Neptune Yard, Low Walker for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway [3] and launched on 10 February 1909 by Mrs Atkin, wife of Captain Atkin RNR. [4]

On 17 February 1913, the Goole dockers’ strike started on the Dearne when 100 unionists stopped first on the Dearne and then marched to other steamers. In total 400 workers went on strike. [5]

Served mainly on Hamburg route and left on her last voyage for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 25 July 1914. She began her return passage from Hamburg, but was sent back to discharge part of her cargo and was seized by Germany. . [6] She then operated for the German Government until she was torpedoed on 22 December 1915. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "SS Dearne (1909)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  3. ↑ "1122970" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "This week there was launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne…" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 11 February 1909. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Goole Dockers' Strike" . Sheffield Evening Telegraph. England. 17 February 1913. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Goole Man's Return" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 11 October 1916. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "SS Dearne (1915)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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