SS Hebble (1891)
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| History | |
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| Name: | 1891-1917:SS Hebble |
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| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | William Dobson and Company, Walker Yard |
| Yard number: | 47 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1891 |
| Out of service: | 6 May 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
| 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.[1]
History
She was built by William Dobson and Company in Walker Yard for the Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited[2] and launched on 24 August 1891.
On 12 August 1908 she was damaged in a collision with the Yarmouth steamer Armourer in the River Humber.[3]
She was obtained by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1905.
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in the First World War and struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Roker, County Durham (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) with the loss of five of her crew.[4]
