SS Colne

SS Colne was a freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1903.

[1] She was built in 1903 by the Cylde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow as one of a trio of ships which included SS Nidd and SS Humber.

She sank on 11 March 1906 when her cargo of coal shifted in a storm.

Fifteen horses penned between the decks were drowned.

Twelve of the crew were drowned, and seven were rescued from a lifeboat by the crew of the Ramsgate fishing vessel Uncle Dick.