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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