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Name: SEVILLA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/04/1913
Completed: 06/1913
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 183
Dimensions: 1318grt, 730nrt, 260.0 x 37.6 x 15.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1913 D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (O Thoresen), Christiania
25/04/1918 Sank
Comments: 25/04/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB80, 3 miles NW of Berry Head
On a voyage from Cadiz to Bergen with a cargo of fruit and wine


Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 23/04/1913