SS Douglas<
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The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway steamer SS 'Douglas'
trapped in ice in the Skagerrak. The picture was painted in
1926 by A.J. Jansen from a photograph taken by the ship’s
steward, Mr A.P. May, who had walked out on to the ice from
the vessel to capture the image. It is held in the Goole
Museum.
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| Postcard - goole & Continental service |
The
SS Douglas was a cargo vessel built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company,
Port Glasgow, and launched on 2nd February 1907 for the Lancashire &
Yorkshire Railway Company, Goole.
Later owners were:
1922
London & North Western Rly Co.,
1923 London Midland & Scottish Rly
Co.,
1937 Stanhope Steamship Co.
1937 G.Mavroleon, Greece, and
1938 B.Athanassiedes, Piraeus
She was also named Suzy (1938)
Hermes (1938) Nepheligertis (1937) Stancourt (1937) and Ioanna
(1939)
She was shelled and sunk by U.37 120 miles west of
Cape Finisterre on 1st June 1940 whilst sailing from Alexandria for
the Tyne .
See also:
Ships named Douglas
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