SS Unity

History
Name	1902–1933: SS Unity
Operator	1902–1905: Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited 1905–1918: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow
Yard number	190
Launched	1 November 1902
Fate	Sunk 2 May 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,091  GRT
Length	246.8 ft (75.2 m)
Beam	36.3 ft (11.1 m)
Draught	13.5 ft (4.1 m)

SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902. ^[1]

History

Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society ^[2] and launched on 1 November 1902. ^[3]

Unity was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Having avoided a torpedo attack which sank another vessel from the line in April 1918, Unity was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-57 in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Folkestone with the loss of twelve of her crew. ^[4]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "1113120" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 15 December 2009.
3. "New Steamer for Goole" . Hull Daily Mail. England. 3 November 1902. Retrieved 24 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Unity". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2012.