SS ''Douglas'' was a freight vessel built for the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1907.

History

She was built by Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company's Copenhagen service. With her white hull, she was known as one of the "butter boats." She became the property of the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company before the Railways Act 1921, 1923 Grouping. It was Incorporation (business)#Incorporation in the United Kingdom, incorpo ...

in 1907. In 1922 she became the property of the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...

and in 1923, the

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. In 1935 he was the property of Associated Humber Lines. By this time she had her hull colour changed to black. She was sold in 1937 to the Stanhope Steam Ship Company and renamed ''Stanhope'' and later the same year to G M Mavroleon,

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and renamed ''Nepheligeretis''. In 1938 she was sold to B Athanassiades and renamed ''Hermes'', then ''Suzy''. She was renamed ''Ioanna'' in 1940. On 1 June 1940 she was part of Convoy HG 32F. She straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the

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west of

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, Spain by (). All crew were rescued by ().

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas (1907) 1907 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Ships of the London and North Western Railway Ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Maritime incidents in June 1940 Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean