Name: | CAYO GITANO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/09/1905 |
Completed: | 11/1905 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 388 |
Dimensions: | 3073grt, 1983nrt, 330.9 x 45.1 x 24.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 350nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120631 |
History: | |
11/1905 | Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London |
1916 | The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYGITANO |
18/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC77, 1.5 miles SW of Lyme Regis |
On a voyage from Le Havre to Cardiff in ballast |
Above photo as CAYO GITANO is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Friday, 29/09/1905