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SS Hebble
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 The Hebble, by A. J. Jansen
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| Name | SS Hebble |
| Operator |
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| Builder | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard[1] |
| Yard number | 47 |
| Launched | 7 Jul 1891 |
| Completed | 24 Aug 1891 |
| Fate | Sunk 6 May 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 904 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 225 feet (69 m) |
| Beam | 31.6 feet (9.6 m) |
| Draught | 15.5 feet (4.7 m) |
SS Hebble was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1891.[2]
History
[edit]Hebble was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited[3] and launched on 7 July 1891.
Hebble was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
On 12 August 1908, Hebble was damaged in a collision with the Yarmouth steamer Armourer in the Humber estuary.[4]
Hebble was requisitioned by the Admiralty in the World War I. She struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Roker, County Durham (54°55′N 1°18′W / 54.917°N 1.300°W), England, with the loss of five of her crew.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "SS Hebble (1891". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "1098385". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ "Humber Collision". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 August 1908. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hebble". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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