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{{Short description|20th century passenger and freight vessel}}
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| Ship name                = 1903–1912: SS ''Humber''
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*1903–1905: [[Goole Steam Shipping Company]]
*1906–1912: [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]
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'''SS ''Humber''''' was a passenger and freight vessel built for the [[Goole Steam Shipping Company]] in 1903.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=English |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}</ref>

==History==

She was built in 1903 by A MacMillan in Dumbarton as one of a trio of ships which included [[SS Nidd]] and [[SS Colne]]. She was launched on 26 August 1903.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Goole Steamer |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19030828/024/0004 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=28 August 1903 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1905 she came under the ownership of the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]].

On 9 June 1910 she was in collision with the German steamer Modena, owned by Robert M Sloman Jr. The ''Modena'' sank within 9 minutes, and the crew of the ''Humber'' managed to save all but two of the thirty crew members. For their actions, the German Emperor presented Captain Prentice with a gold watch, Chief Officer Sherwood with a pair of binoculars, and Seaman Bennett with £5.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=For Bravery at Sea. German Emperor's Presents for Goole Sailors |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19100210/165/0007 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=England |date=10 February 1910 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

She sank in the mouth of the River Elbe on 12 February 1912 during a voyage from Goole to Hamburg after a collision in fog with the German vessel ''Answald''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fog catastrophe at Elbe's mouth |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19120217/061/0004 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=17 February 1912 |access-date=24 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Answald had hit the Humber amidships, making a hole {{convert|20|ft|m}} long. The crew of the ''Humber'' were rescued by the ''Answald'' which had only suffered damage to her bows.

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[[Category:1903 ships]]
[[Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]