SS Cuxhaven (1882)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	1882–1910:SS Cuxhaven 1910–1916:SS Torero
Operator:	1882–1895:Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company 1895–1905:Goole Steam Shipping Company 1905–1910:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1910–1912:G. Sfilio, Cantania 1912–1916:Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi
Port of registry:
Builder:	William Thompson, Dundee
Yard number:	40
Launched:	6 May 1882
Fate:	Sunk 1 November 1916
General characteristics
Tonnage:	757 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	220 feet (67 m)
Beam:	32 feet (9.8 m)
Depth:	13.7 feet (4.2 m)

SS Cuxhaven was a cargo ship built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1882.^[1]

History

The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee, Scotland, for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 6 May 1882.^[2]

On 20 April 1886 she was in collision with the Manchester Wholesale Co-operative Society steamer Progress, which left a breach in the Cuxhaven′s stokehold. Cuxhaven was beached.^[3] She was salvaged by the Dundee Salvage Company early in May which required the removal of 300 tons of mud.^[4]

In 1895 Cuxhaven was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company. In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. She was sold in 1910 to G. Sfilio, Cantania and renamed Torero. In 1912 she was sold to R. Randaffo, Catania and the firm became the Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi. During World War I, she was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 1 November 1916 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Gallo, Sicily (38°30′N 13°28′E / 38.500°N 13.467°E / 38.500; 13.467) by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-21. Her crew survived.^[5]

References

↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
↑ "Launch of a Steamer". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 6 May 1882. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Collision between Steamers at Goole". Hull Daily Mail. England. 21 April 1886. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "The Steamer Cuxhaven". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 3 May 1886. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Torero". Uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

Ships operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

LYR operated ships	Aire Alt Berlin Calder Colne Cuxhaven Dearne Derwent Don Douglas Equity Hebble Hodder Humber Irwell Liberty Mersey Nidd Ouse Ouse Ralph Creyke Rawcliffe Rosa Rother River Crake River Ribble Rye Spen Unity Wenning West Riding Wharfe

Jointly operated with the London and North Western Railway	Colleen Bawn Duke of Albany Duke of Argyll Duke of Clarence Duke of Connaught (I) Duke of Connaught (II) Duke of Cornwall Duke of Cumberland Duke of Lancaster Duke of York Earl of Ulster Ivernagh Kathleen Mavourneen Lune Mellifont Norah Creina Prince Arthur Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Royal Consort Thomas Dugdale Tredagh

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1916

Shipwrecks	1 Nov: Torero 3 Nov: Connemara, Yatagan 5 Nov: SM U-20 6 Nov: Arabia, Chester A. Congdon, SM UB-45 8 Nov: HMS Zulu 14 Nov: Burdigala 19 Nov: Rurik 21 Nov: HMHS Britannic 26 Nov: Suffren 29 Nov: Minnewaska 30 Nov: Aud, SM UB-19 Unknown date: SM U-56, SM UC-15

Other incidents	4 Nov: SM U-20

1915 1916 1917 October 1916 December 1916

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