Name: | CAYO BONITO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/07/1901 |
Completed: | 09/1901 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 355 |
Dimensions: | 3427grt, 2213nrt, 346.2 x 45.2 x 17.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 320nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114760 |
History: | |
16/09/1901 | Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London |
1916 | Brys & Gylsen Ltd, London; renamed CALEDONIER |
1917 | Renamed CAYO BONITO |
11/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/05/1911: Damaged in a collision with GALICIAN, in fog, near the Girdler LV |
Returned to London for repairs at Tilbury | |
11/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC35, 4 miles ENE of Savona | |
On a voyage from Swansea to Livorno with a cargo of patent fuel |
Above photo as CAYO BONITO is copyright of FC Gould