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Name: GUILDHALL launched as FEBRERO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1898
Completed: 05/1898
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 118
Dimensions: 2609grt, 1659nrt, 290.0 x 43.0 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 61 x 39ins), 220nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106978
History:
05/1898 Julius E Guthe & Co, West Hartlepool
1899 West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co, West Hartlepool
1917 Letricheux Lines (Letricheux & David), Swansea
25/06/1917 Sank
Comments: Launched as FEBRERO for Campania Bilbaina de Navegacion of Bilbao
25/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 40miles SW of Bishop Rock
On a voyage from Valencia to Cardiff with a cargo of ore & oranges
12 members of the crew lost


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

The Marine Engineer 01/04/1898