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Name: BUENAVENTURA also seen as BUENA VENTURA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/01/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 203
Dimensions: 4881grt, 3064nrt, 405.0 x 52.4 x 27.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 51ins), 531nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135213
History:
17/04/1913 Isthmian Steamship Co Ltd, London
1914 United States Steel Products Co Inc, New York
07/1918 United States Navy
16/09/1918 Sank
Comments: 07/1918: Requisitioned by the US Navy
Assigned to Naval Overseas Transportation Service as No 1335
Armed with 1 x 5ins & 1 x 6pdr guns
16/09/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB129, 615 miles W of Bordeaux
On a voyage from Bordeaux to Philadelphia in ballast


Above photo as BUENAVENTURA is copyright of the US Navy Historical Center

Above photo as BUENAVENTURA is copyright of the US Navy Historical Center