SS Colchester

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SS Colchester by A. J. Jansen
History
Name: 1886-1919:TSS Colchester
Operator: 1886-1916:Great Eastern Railway
Route: 1886-1916:Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp
Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched: 16 October 1888
Out of service: 1919
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,160  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length: 280.8 feet (85.6 m)
Beam: 31 feet (9.4 m)
Depth: 15.2 feet (4.6 m)
Speed: 14.5 knots

TSS Colchester was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1888. [1]

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 16 October 1888. [2] She was launched by the Mayoress of Colchester (Miss Paxman). She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route. [3]

Was operating to neutral Holland when captured by Germany on 21 September 1916. [4] Captain Bennett and his crew of 29 were interned at Ruhleben. [5] The Colchester was damaged in an attack on Zeebrugge on 17 February 1917. [6]

She grounded at Kiel in 1918 and was scrapped in 1919.

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References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Launch of "The Colchester" at Hull. Christening by Miss Paxman" . Essex Standard. England. 20 October 1880. Retrieved 30 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN   0-946378-22-3.
  4. ↑ "A Berlin telegram states…" . Essex Newsman. England. 30 September 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Crew of the Colchester in Captivity" . Birmingham Daily Post. England. 4 October 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "New Zebrugge Attach" . Sunday Mirror. England. 18 February 1917. Retrieved 30 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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