Name: | CASPIAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/04/1894 |
Completed: | 05/1894 |
Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 68 |
Dimensions: | 3603grt, 2317nrt, 350.0 x 43.0 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 301nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102866 |
History: | |
05/1894 | Nelson, Donkin & Co, London |
1915 | Mitre Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co Ltd), London |
20/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34 when 3.5 miles E of Cabo Cervera |
On a voyage from Antofagasta to Savona with a cargo of nitrate |