SS Hebble

The Hebble, by A. J. Jansen
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Hebble
Operator	1891–1905: Goole Steam Shipping Company Limited 1905–1917: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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

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), England, with the loss of five of her crew.^[5]

References

1. "SS Hebble (1891". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
3. "1098385". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
4. "Humber Collision". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 August 1908. Retrieved 24 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Hebble". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2012.