SS Unity

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

History

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

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 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.

References

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