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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