Name: | CAUCA launched as CUSCATLAN |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/11/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1915 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 966 |
Dimensions: | 1448grt, 846nrt, 246.0 x 35.2 x 20.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17.5, 29 & 48 x 33ins), 193nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137454 |
History: | |
26/05/1915 | Pacific Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1924 | Cie Indo-Chinoise de Navigation, Haiphong; renamed TONKIN |
25/04/1934 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Launched as CUSCATLAN for the Salvador Railway Co Ltd |
Accommodation for 50+ 1st Class passengers | |
25/04/1934: Wrecked off Fort Bayard, Kwangchowan | |
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Haiphong carrying passengers & general cargo |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 05/11/1914