SS Unity explained

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

History

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

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 9miles south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Duckworth . Christian Leslie Dyce . Langmuir . Graham Easton . 1968 . Railway and other Steamers . English . Prescot, Lancashire . T. Stephenson and Sons .
2. News: . New Steamer for Goole . Hull Daily Mail . England . 3 November 1902 . 24 October 2015. . subscription .
3. Web site: Unity . Uboat.net . 10 November 2012.