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Name: ANTVERPIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/12/1881
Completed: 01/1882
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 59
Dimensions: 2164grt, 1386nrt, 296.4 x 37.0 x 24.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (35, 68 x 45ins), 258nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1882 Soc Anon Anversoise d’Armement et de Transport Marittime, Antwerp
1885 D de Eizaga, Bilbao; renamed SAN JUAN
1891 Linea de Vapores Serra, Bilbao; renamed MARIA
1919 Barcelonesa de Navegacion, Barcelona
05/10/1918 Sank
Comments: 05/10/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC23 in the Gulf of Salonica
On a voyage from Barcelona to Greece


Above photo as MARIA is from the collection of Jaume Cifre Sanchez, courtesy of Vida Maritima

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/12/1881