SS Colne

SS Colne was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1903.^[1]

History
Name	SS Colne (1903–1906)
Operator	1903–1905: Goole Steam Shipping Company 1905–1906: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	256
Launched	25 July 1903
Out of service	11 March 1906
Fate	Sunk 11 March 1906
General characteristics
Tonnage	875 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	234.6 feet (71.5 m)
Beam	31.6 feet (9.6 m)

History

She was built in 1903 by the Cylde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow as one of a trio of ships which included SS Nidd and SS Humber. She was launched on 25 July 1903.

In 1905 she came under the ownership of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

She sank on 11 March 1906 when her cargo of coal shifted in a storm. Fifteen horses penned between the decks were drowned. Twelve of the crew were drowned, and seven were rescued from a lifeboat by the crew of the Ramsgate fishing vessel Uncle Dick.^[2]