COTTINGHAM
From Richard Cox's collection
1907, 513grt
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Goole (103)
Transferred in 1911 to Abus S.S. Co. (also managed by Meek)
Sold in 1913 to James Little & Co., Glasgow, later of London and managed by Robt. L. Kemp of Belfast
On 2 July 1915 she was the first British merchant ship to sink a German submarine when she rammed and sank UC2 off Yarmouth
Sunk by submarine gunfire
from U24 on 26 December 1915 when 16 miles SW of Lundy Island, with the loss of
7 of her crew. Voyage Rouen for Swansea in ballast.