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Name: BESHTAU also seen as BESH-TAOO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/02/1907
Completed: 03/1907
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 415
Dimensions: 1123grt, 652nrt, 240.2 x 35.0 x 12.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 44 x 33ins), 143nhp
Engines by: Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
03/1907 Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa
09/1914 Imperial Russian Navy
1924 European Shipping Co Ltd (A Rappoport), London
1925 Soc Carbonifera Prospera, Rio de Janeiro; renamed PROVIDENCIA
1928 Holum & Cia, Rio de Janeiro
1933 Cia “Serras” de Nav e Comercio, Rio de Janeiro; renamed SERRA AZUL
1935 Renamed ARARA
17/08/1942 Sank
Comments: 09/1914: Converted for use as a minelayer & transport N148 in the Black Sea
1918: Returned to owners
17/08/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U507, 30 miles SW of Salvador
On a voyage from Bahia to Santos with a cargo of scrap iron


Above photo as ARARA is courtesy of Photoship