SS Humber
{{Short description|20th century passenger and freight vessel}}
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SS Humber was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1903.{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=English |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}
History
She was built in 1903 by A MacMillan in Dumbarton as one of a trio of ships which included SS Nidd and SS Colne. She was launched on 26 August 1903.{{cite news |author= |title=New Goole Steamer |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19030828/024/0004 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=28 August 1903 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}} In 1905 she came under the ownership of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
On 9 June 1910 she was in collision with the German steamer Modena, owned by Robert M Sloman Jr. The Modena sank within 9 minutes, and the crew of the Humber managed to save all but two of the thirty crew members. For their actions, the German Emperor presented Captain Prentice with a gold watch, Chief Officer Sherwood with a pair of binoculars, and Seaman Bennett with £5.{{cite news |author= |title=For Bravery at Sea. German Emperor's Presents for Goole Sailors |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19100210/165/0007 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=England |date=10 February 1910 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
She sank in the mouth of the River Elbe on 12 February 1912 during a voyage from Goole to Hamburg after a collision in fog with the German vessel Answald.{{cite news |author= |title=Fog catastrophe at Elbe's mouth |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19120217/061/0004 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=17 February 1912 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} The Answald had hit the Humber amidships, making a hole {{convert|20|ft|m}} long. The crew of the Humber were rescued by the Answald which had only suffered damage to her bows.
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Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom