SS Rye (1914)

History
Name	1914–1918: SS Rye
Operator	1914–1918: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	309
Launched	21 May 1914
Fate	Sunk 7 April 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,098  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length	240 feet (73 m)
Beam	34.1 feet (10.4 m)
Draught	15.3 feet (4.7 m)

SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914. ^[1]

History

The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She underwent trials in June 1914. ^[2]

The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) northwest by west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France ( 49°57′N0°07′W / 49.950°N 0.117°W / 49.950; -0.117 ) on 7 April 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UB-74 with the loss of four of her crew. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "New Goole Steamer" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 17 June 1914. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 3 of 3 – September 1917 – November 1918 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
4. "Rye". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2012.