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{{Other ships|SS Douglas}}
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*1907–1937: SS ''Douglas''
*1937: SS ''Nepheligeretis''
*1937: SS ''Stancourt''
*1938: SS ''Hermes''
*1938: SS ''Suzy''
*1938–1940: SS Ioanna
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*1907: Goole Steam Shipping Company
*1907–1922: [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]
*1922–1923: [[London and North Western Railway]]
*1923–1937: [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
*1937: Stanhope Steamship Company
*1937: G.Mavroleon, Greece 
*1938: B.Athanassiedes, Piraeus
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'''SS ''Douglas''''' was a freight vessel built for the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1907.<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 was built by Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company's Copenhagen service.<ref name=Douglas>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1122958|accessdate=15 December 2009}}</ref>  With her white hull, she was known as one of the "butter boats." She became the property of the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] in 1907.

In 1922 she became the property of the [[London and North Western Railway]] and in 1923, the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]].

In 1935 he was the property of Associated Humber Lines. By this time she had her hull colour changed to black.

She was sold in 1937 to the Stanhope Steam Ship Company and renamed '''''Stanhope''''' and later the same year to G M Mavroleon, [[Greece]] and renamed '''''Nepheligeretis'''''. In 1938 she was sold to B Athanassiades and renamed '''''Hermes''''', then '''''Suzy'''''. She was renamed '''''Ioanna''''' in 1940.

On 1 June 1940 she was part of [[Convoy HG 32F]]. She straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|120|nmi|km}} west of [[Cape Finisterre]], Spain by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All crew were rescued by {{SS|Cabo Razo||2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).<ref name=NH064014>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-19JUN01.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1940, Part 1 of 4, Saturday 1st – Friday 7th |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Ioanna>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14967 |title=SS Ioanna (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=IoannaU37>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/333.html |title=Ioanna |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1907 ships]]
[[Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]
[[Category:Ships of the London and North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in June 1940]]
[[Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II]]
[[Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean]]