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 The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

. 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 The Imperial German Navy or the Imperial Navy () was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defence. Wilhel ...

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

''UB-57'' in the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

south-east of

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

.with the loss of twelve of her crew.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unity 1902 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Maritime incidents in 1918 Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel