SS Rye (1914)

SS Rye was a freight vessel built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1914.

History
The ship was built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and launched on 21 May 1914. She underwent trials in June 1914.

The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 19 nmi northwest by west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (49.95°N, -0.11667°W) on 7 April 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SMU UB-74 with the loss of four of her crew.