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Name: CARLO R
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/11/1886
Completed: 1886
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 465
Dimensions: 2674grt, 1759nrt, 310.5 x 39.1 x 25.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 284nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1886 Ditta C Raggio, Genoa
1895 Renamed RAGGIO
1897 Soc Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed HERCULES
23/05/1916 Sank
Comments: 23/05/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat U39 when
70 miles SE of Genoa on a voyage from the Clyde to Genoa