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SS Colchester by A. J. Jansen
History Name 1886–1919: TSS Colchester Operator 1886–1916: Great Eastern Railway Route 1886–1916: Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp Builder Earle's Shipbuilding , Hull Launched 16 October 1888 Out of service 1919 Fate Scrapped 1919 General characteristics Tonnage 1,160 gross register tons (GRT) Length 280.8 feet (85.6 m ) Beam 31 feet (9.4 m ) Depth 15.2 feet (4.6 m ) Speed 14.5 knots
TSS Colchester was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1888.[1]
History [ edit ]
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 16 October 1888.[2] [3]
Was operating to neutral Holland when captured by Germany on 21 September 1916.[4] Ruhleben .[5] Colchester was damaged in an attack on Zeebrugge on 17 February 1917.[6]
She grounded at Kiel in 1918 and was scrapped in 1919.
References [ edit ]
^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena . Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3
^ "A Berlin telegram states…" Essex Newsman . England. 30 September 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Crew of the Colchester in Captivity" Birmingham Daily Post . England. 4 October 1916. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "New Zebrugge Attach" Sunday Mirror . England. 18 February 1917. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
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