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Name: CARONI
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/06/1904
Completed: 08/1904
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 752
Dimensions: 2628grt, 1671nrt, 318.0 x 43.7 x 23.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 360nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118638
History:
1904 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Newcastle
07/09/1915 Sank
Comments: 07/09/1915: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20, 15 miles W of Chassiron
On a voyage from London to Bordeaux with Government stores


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 16/06/1904