Name: | REINA VICTORIA-EUGENIA |
Type | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/09/1912 |
Completed: | 02/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 884 |
Dimensions: | 10137grt, 5564nrt, 480.0 x 61.3 x 32.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (29, 43, 47 & 47 x 42ins), 2 x LP turbines, 1484nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 17.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1913 | Compania Transatlantica, Barcelona, Spain |
1931 | Renamed ARGENTINA |
1939 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the Barcelona, Cadiz and Central & South America trade |
Accommodation for 250 x 1st, 100 x 2nd and 1750 x 3rd & emigrant classes | |
Fitted for arming with 4 x guns if needed as an armed cruiser | |
16/01/1939 to 23/01/1939: Bombed by aircraft at Barcelona | |
Subsequently broken up |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Marine Engineer & Naval Architect, November 1912