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| Ship name                = SS ''Ralph Creke''
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*1879–1905: [[Goole Steam Shipping Company]]
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'''SS ''Ralph Creyke''''' was a passenger and freight vessel built for the [[Goole Steam Shipping Company]] in 1879.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=English |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}</ref>

==History==

She replaced a vessel of the same name {{SS|Ralph Creyke|1878|2}} built in 1878 which had foundered in 1879 off [[Lundy Island]]. The replacement ship was built by Short Brothers, Sunderland for the [[Goole Steam Shipping Company]] and launched in July 1879.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Launch of another Goole steamer |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000286/18790725/040/0004 |newspaper=Shields Daily Gazette |location=England |date=25 July 1879 |access-date=26 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

in 1886 she was in collision with the {{SS|Richard Moxon|1873|2}} which resulted in the Richard Moxon being towed into Yarmouth Roads.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Two steamers in collision |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000287/18861130/039/0004 |newspaper=Shields Daily Gazette |location=England |date=30 November 1886 |access-date=26 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1905 she was acquired by the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]. In December 1902 a fire broke out in the hold as she was coming up the [[Humber]] estuary. On reaching Hull, Captain Campbell moored up alongside the Albert Dock Promenade and the North-Eastern and Police Fire Brigades arrived and fought the fire for several hours.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Goole Steamer on Fire |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000747/19021224/140/0005 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=England |date=24 December 1902 |access-date=26 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

''Ralph Creyke'' was sold in 1909. Her captain, Edward Atkinson formed the Ouse Steamship Company, and she was the first ship of this new company.

On 28 August 1912, ''Ralph Creyke''′s [[sister ship]] {{SS|Derwent|1888|2}} was anchored midstream at [[Goole]] waiting to enter the [[Lock (water navigation)|lock]] when a strong southerly wind caused ''Derwent'' to sheer into ''Ralph Creyke'', which was outbound with a full cargo of coal. ''Derwent''’s anchor chain became caught in ''Ralph Creyke''’s propeller and her engines were stopped. The accident required ''Ralph Creyke'' to be [[drydock]]ed to undergo expensive repairs to remove the chain.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Remarkable Shipping Accident |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19120830/057/0006 |newspaper=Gloucestershire Citizen |location=England |date=30 August 1912 |access-date=26 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

After the completion of repairs, ''Ralph Creyke'' returned to service, but on 16 October 1912, less than two months after her collision with ''Derwent'', she sank in the [[North Sea]] near [[Flushing, Netherlands|Flushing]], the [[Netherlands]], after a collision with the Danish steamer ''Viking''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Goole Steamer Beached. Total Loss of the Ralph Creyke |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19121018/066/0008 |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=England |date=18 October 1912 |access-date=26 October 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1879 ships]]
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[[Category:Ships built on the River Wear]]
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[[Category:Shipwrecks in the North Sea]]