SS Colemere was a small freighter built during the First World War. Completed in 1915, she was intended for the West African trade. The ship was sunk by the German submarine SM U-105 in December 1917 with the loss of four crewmen.
Description Colemere had an overall length of , with a beam of and a draught of . The ship was assessed at and . She had a vertical triple-expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at a total of 173 nominal horsepower and produced . This gave her a maximum speed of .Fenton, p. S648
Construction and career Colemere, named after Cole Mere, was laid down as yard number 279 by Dunlop, Bremner and Co. at its shipyard in Port Glasgow, Scotland for the Watson Steamship Co. The ship was launched on 17 December 1914 and completed on 9 March 1915. She was sold to the Lever Brothers' newly formed Bromport Steamship Co. on 11 May 1916. Colemere was bound for Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a general cargo when she was torpedoed by U-105 west of Smalls Lighthouse with the loss of four crewmen on 22 December 1917.Fenton, pp. S642, S648, S650Admiralty, p. 76
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