SS Ouse (1911)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Name1911-1940: SS Ouse
Operator
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
BuilderWilliam Dobson and Company, Walker Yard [1]
Yard number174
Launched21 September 1911
CompletedNov 1911
FateSunk 8 August 1940 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Eastbourne
General characteristics
Tonnage1,004  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length240.2 feet (73.2 m)
Beam34.2 feet (10.4 m)
Draught15.4 feet (4.7 m)

SS Ouse was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911. [2]

History

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "SS Ouse (1911)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  3. ↑ "Naval Events, August 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "SS Ouse (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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