SS Unity
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| Ship registry = {{flagicon|UK|civil}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 190 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1 November 1902 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Sunk 2 May 1918 by UB-57 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|1091|disp=long}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|246.8|ft|m}} | Ship beam = {{convert|36.3|ft|m}} | Ship draught = {{convert|13.5|ft|m}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902.{{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
Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society{{csr|register=MSI|id=1113120|accessdate=15 December 2009}} and launched on 1 November 1902.{{cite news |author= |title=New Steamer for Goole |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19021103/029/0004 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=3 November 1902 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
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 {{convert|9|mi|km}} south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6889.html |title=Unity |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=10 November 2012}}
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Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Category:Maritime incidents in 1918