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Name | 1892-1915:SS Don |
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Builder | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard |
Yard number | 54 |
Launched | 11 July 1892 |
Out of service | 8 May 1915 |
Fate | Sunk by SM U-9 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 939 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 225.5 feet (68.7 m) |
Beam | 33.3 feet (10.1 m) |
Draught | 15.7 feet (4.8 m) |
SS Don was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited in 1892. [1]
She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited [2] and launched on 11 July 1892.
She was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
During World War I, Don was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Coquet Island by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-9 on 8 May 1915. Her crew survived. [3] [4]