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Name: CAYO MANZANILLO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/07/1904
Completed: 09/1904
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 754
Dimensions: 3001grt, 1908nrt, 330.5 x 45.0 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 328nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118492
History:
1904 Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London
1916 Brys & Gylsen, London; renamed YZER
20/07/1916 Sank
Comments: TIC documents state she was launched on the 14/07/1904
20/07/1916: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by
U-Boat UB48, 56 miles NW of Algiers at 37.12N - 02.20E
On a voyage from Cette to Gibraltar in ballast


Above photo as CAYO MANZANILLO copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 16/07/1904