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SS ''Equity'' was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1888. ==History== She was built by Earle's Shipbuilding for the Co-operative Wholesale Society for their special trade between Hamburg and Goole and launched on 7 July 1888. On 19 November 1890 she collided with the steamer ''Cuxhaven'' from Hamburg in the Goole channel. The ''Cuxhaven'' received severe damage and was beached to prevent sinking. She grounded on sand at Goole in July 1891, but floated free on the next high tide. In March 1896 the ship fireman, William Costello, was admitted to a charge of smuggling in of compressed tobacco and of cavendish, with an estimated duty of £24, 7s 6d. He was remanded for 8 days. She was badly damaged in a collision with the Goole Steam Shipping Company vessel ''Aire'' on 14 December 1896 in the River Humber. She was lengthened in 1900 with a revised tonnage of 924, and obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to be employed on the Goole – Hamburg service. She was captured in Hamburg in 1914 and was returned to her owners in 1918 having spent the war period mainly serving traffic to Finland from Germany. In 1921 whilst on passage from Jersey to Goole on the 'potato trade' she grounded and sank but was later raised. In 1922 she was taken over by the London and North Western Railway, and in 1923 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. She again grounded at Alderney in June 1930, but despite being partially swamped she was salved again. She was eventually scrapped in December 1931 at Greenock.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Equity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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