SS Hebble
SS Hebble was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1891.
History
Hebble was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited and launched on 7 July 1891.
Hebble was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
On 12 August 1908, Hebble was damaged in a collision with the Yarmouth steamer Armourer in the Humber estuary.
Hebble was requisitioned by the Admiralty in the World War I. She struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Roker, County Durham (54°55′N 1°18′W / 54.917°N 1.300°W), England, with the loss of five of her crew.
References
- ^ "SS Hebble (1891". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "1098385". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ "Humber Collision". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 August 1908. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hebble". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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