Name: | ARMANDO R |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/06/1894 |
Completed: | 07/1894 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 320 |
Dimensions: | 3109grt, 2058nrt, 324.5 x 42.1 x 19.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 271nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1894 | Ditta C Raggio & Co, Genoa |
1898 | Soc Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed PHOEBUS |
1915 | Soc Anon Ilva, Genoa |
30/06/1017 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC49 off Castletown, Ireland |
On a voyage from Almeria to Barrow with a cargo of iron ore |
Above image as ARMANDO R courtesy of Photoship