SS Ouse (1911)

History
Name:	1911-1940: SS Ouse
Operator:	1911-1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922-1923: London and North Western Railway 1923-1940: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Port of registry:
Builder:	William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard
Yard number:	174
Launched:	21 September 1911
Out of service:	8 August 1940
Fate:	Sunk
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,004 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	240.2 feet (73.2 m)
Beam:	34.2 feet (10.4 m)
Draught:	15.4 feet (4.7 m)

SS Ouse was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911.^[1]

History

She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 September 1911.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 when she operated as a decoy “Q” ship as Rule, Baryta, Cassor and Q35.

On 8 August 1940 she collided with SS Rye in the English Channel off Newhaven whilst avoiding a torpedo fired by S-20 and sank. 23 crew were rescued. ^[2][3]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
2. "NAVAL EVENTS, AUGUST 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
3. "SS Ouse (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2011.