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