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Name: NUEVO VALENCIA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/04/1879
Completed: 05/1879
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 200
Dimensions: 1061grt, 722nrt, 210.6 x 29.6 x 15.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 54 x 33ins), 140nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80539
History:
21/05/1879 Arthur Coote, Newcastle
18/11/1879 Cia Anon de Vap Vinuesa, Sevilla
1891 Espaliu y Cia, Sevilla
1898 CA de Vapores Vinuesa, Sevilla
1911 Pinillos Izquierdo y Cia, Cadiz; renamed BETIS
1914 D Montesinos, Valencia
1921 JA Nogueira, Valencia
1925 Garcia Petit, Valencia
1928 Jose Morey, Valencia
07/1938 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for an unspecified number of passengers
26/08/1937: Torpedoed by a nationalist submarine off Burriana, no damage
07/1938: Bombed & sunk by nationalist aircraft off Calafell, near Tarragona


Above photo as BETIS is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 02/06/1879