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Name: TALAVERA
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 27/04/1889
Completed: 06/1889
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 29
Dimensions: 1785grt, 1055nrt, 266.0 x 37.1 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 176nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96142
History:
06/1889 H Scholefield & Son, Newcastle
1901 Talavera Steamship Co Ltd (A Scholefield), Newcastle
1904 Ang A/B Kullen (CA Banck), Helsingborg
1917 Red A/B Svenska Lloyd (H Metcalfe), Gothenburg; renamed FYLGIA
24/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 24/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC49 at 56.23N 02.15W
On a voyage from Gothenburg to Rouen with general cargo


Above photo as TALAVERA courtesy of Richard Cox