Name: | AZTEC launched as CANTERBURY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/06/1894 |
Completed: | 09/1894 |
Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 69 |
Dimensions: | 3508grt, 2298nrt, 350.0 x 43.0 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 299nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104837 |
History: | |
09/1894 | Albert N Smith, London |
1897 | Pacific Mail Steamship Co, Honolulu |
1898 | Registered at New York |
01/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as CANTERBURY for Blindell Bros & Co, Newcastle |
01/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U46, 25 miles west of Ouessant | |
On a voyage from New York to Le Havre with a cargo of copper & steel |
Above photo courtesy of Gallica Bibliotheque