Name: | BELLA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/03/1906 |
Completed: | 05/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 765 |
Dimensions: | 1272grt, 767nrt, 227.3 x 31.7 x 21.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 246nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117726 |
History: | |
05/1906 | Donald Steamship Co Ltd (TL Evans), Bristol |
1917 | Donald Steamship Co, New York |
02/1918 | US Navy |
08/1920 | Antonio T Carroza, New York & Baltimore |
18/06/1922 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/1918: Used as a transport in European waters |
17/06/1922: Sprang a leak near Kingston, Jamaica | |
18/06/1922: Sank in position 26.37N - 74.40W | |
On a voyage from Baltimore to Port Maria, Jamaica in ballast |
Above photo as BELLA is copyright of the US Navy
Above photo as BELLA is copyright of the US Navy