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Name: CAYO BLANCO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/09/1895
Completed: 11/1895
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 310
Dimensions: 2688grt, 1737nrt, 315.2 x 41.2 x 16.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 285nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105755
History:
11/1895 Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London
1905 Cie des Vapeurs de Charge Français, Marseille; renamed MIRA
1912 Cie de Navigation Mixte, Marseille
1916 Soc Générale des Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseille
15/05/1916 Sank
Comments: 15/05/1916: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by U-Boat U34 when
35 miles E of Cape Passero on a voyage from Penarth with a cargo of coal