OUSE
Built | 11/1911 |
Tonnages | 1004grt, 419 nrt |
Dimensions | 240.2 x 34.2 x 15.4 ft |
Shipbuilder (yard number) | Wm. Dobson & Co., Walker, Newcastle (174) |
Engine builder | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Engine | T3cyl (22.5, 36 & 61 x 39ins), 331nhp |
O.N. | 140647 |
Owners |
1911 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company, Goole |
1917 - 1919 Admiralty requisition, operated as a decoy 'Q' ship Q35 under the named RULE, BARYTA and CASSOR | |
1923 London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Goole | |
From 1935 managed by Associated Humber Lines | |
Fate | 08/08/1940: Sank 25 miles south of Eastbourne after a collision with fleet mate RYE. She was trying to avoid an attack by a German MTB. On voyage Goole to Cowes with a cargo of coal |
From the collection of Stan Threadgould