Name: | CAYO MANZANILLO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/07/1904 |
Completed: | 09/1904 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 754 |
Dimensions: | 3001grt, 1908nrt, 330.5 x 45.0 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 328nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118492 |
History: | |
1904 | Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London |
1916 | Brys & Gylsen, London; renamed YZER |
20/07/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | TIC documents state she was launched on the 14/07/1904 |
20/07/1916: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by | |
U-Boat UB48, 56 miles NW of Algiers at 37.12N - 02.20E | |
On a voyage from Cette to Gibraltar in ballast |
Above photo as CAYO MANZANILLO copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 16/07/1904