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