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.
On February 7, 1917 she was bound for the 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, which had just been torpedoed by Theodor Schultz's 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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Haworth, R (2006). "Search results for "1104545"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Steamer Saint Ninian". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
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Young, Ron (2000). The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast: 1740-1917 . Tempus. ISBN0-7524-1749-5
saint, ninian, steam, cargo, ship, british, merchant, navy, built, 1894, served, during, first, world, sunk, german, submarine, 1917, history, united, kingdom, name, operatorsaint, ninian, steamship, company, mackay, glasgow, builderd, henderson, company, glas. The SS Saint Ninian was a steam cargo ship of the British Merchant Navy She was built in 1894 and served during the First World War She was sunk by a German submarine in 1917 History United Kingdom NameSS Saint Ninian OperatorSaint Ninian Steamship Company Ltd A Mackay amp Co Glasgow BuilderD and W Henderson and Company Glasgow Yard number376 Launched21 June 1894 CompletedJuly 1894 FateSunk on 7 February 1917 General characteristics TypeCargo ship Tonnage3 026 grt Length320 ft 98 m Beam42 ft 13 m 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 amp Co also based in Glasgow On February 7 1917 she was bound for the 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 which had just been torpedoed by Theodor Schultz s 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 References editHaworth R 2006 Search results for 1104545 Miramar Ship Index Retrieved 13 December 2008 Helgason Gudmundur Ships hit during WWI Steamer Saint Ninian German and Austrian U boats of World War I Kaiserliche Marine Uboat net Retrieved 13 December 2008 Stuart Cameron Launched 1894 ss SAINT NINIAN clydebuilt net Clydesite co uk Archived from the original on 26 May 2011 Retrieved 13 December 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Young Ron 2000 The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast 1740 1917 Tempus ISBN 0 7524 1749 5 54 28 46 1 N 0 28 10 3 W 54 479472 N 0 469528 W 54 479472 0 469528 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Saint Ninian amp oldid 1164200743, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
