SS Don (1892)

SS Don was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1892.[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name1892-1915:SS Don
Operator
BuilderWilliam Dobson and Company, Walker Yard
Yard number54
Launched11 July 1892
Out of service8 May 1915
FateSunk by SM U-9
General characteristics
Tonnage939 gross register tons (GRT)
Length225.5 feet (68.7 m)
Beam33.3 feet (10.1 m)
Draught15.7 feet (4.8 m)

History

She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited[2] and launched on 11 July 1892.

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

During World War I, Don was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Coquet Island by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-9 on 8 May 1915. Her crew survived.[3][4]

References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "1098389". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. "Don". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. "BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA Part 1 of 2 - Abadol (oiler) to Lynx (destroyer)". Naval History. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

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