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|Ship name=SS ''Saint Ninian'' |
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|Ship operator=Saint Ninian Steamship Company, Ltd. (A. Mackay & Co.), [[Glasgow]] |
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|Ship builder=[[D. and W. Henderson and Company]], Glasgow |
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''Saint Ninian'' was built by [[D. and W. Henderson and Company]], of [[Glasgow]] and launched on 21 June 1894. She was operated by the Saint Ninian Steamship Company, Ltd. (A. Mackay & Co.), also based in Glasgow. |
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On 7 February 1917 she was bound for the [[River Tees|Tees]] carrying a cargo of [[iron pyrites]] from [[Port Kelah]]. She was three nautical miles off [[Whitby]] when she came across the [[SS Corsican Prince|SS ''Corsican Prince'']], which had just been torpedoed by [[Theodor Schultz]]'s [[SM UB-34|''UB-34'']]. The ''Saint Ninian'' came alongside to take off survivors, but was herself torpedoed by ''UB-48'' and sank with the loss of fifteen men. |
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==References== |
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=1104545 |title=Search results for "1104545" |accessdate=2008-12-13 |first=R|last=Haworth |year=2006 |publisher=Miramar Ship Index}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5708.html |title=Steamer Saint Ninian |accessdate=2008-12-13 |first=Guðmundur|last=Helgason |year= |work=Ships hit during WWI |publisher=Uboat.net}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=5335 |title=Launched 1894: ss SAINT NINIAN |accessdate=2008-12-13 |first=Cameron|last=Stuart |year= |work=clydebuilt.net |publisher=Clydesite.co.uk}} |
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* Young, Ron (2000). ''The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast: 1740-1917 ''. Tempus. ISBN 0752417495 |
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[[Category:Ships sunk by German submarines]] |
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[[Category:Steamships]] |
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[[Category:Clyde-built ships]] |
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[[Category:World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea]] |
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[[Category:1894 ships]] |
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[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1917]] |
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Revision as of 21:31, 1 December 2011
The SS Saint Ninian was a British Merchant Navy ship. She was built in 1894 and served during the First World War. She was sunk by a German submarine in 1917 3 miles off the coast of Whitby.