SS Unity

SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902.^[1]

History
Name	1902–1933: SS Unity
Operator	1902–1905: Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited 1905–1918: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow
Yard number	190
Launched	1 November 1902
Fate	Sunk 2 May 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,091 GRT
Length	246.8 ft (75.2 m)
Beam	36.3 ft (11.1 m)
Draught	13.5 ft (4.1 m)

History

Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society^[2] and launched on 1 November 1902.^[3]

Unity was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Having avoided a torpedo attack which sank another vessel from the line in April 1918, Unity was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-57 in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Folkestone with the loss of twelve of her crew.^[4]