Name: | CAYO ROMANO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/09/1911 |
Completed: | 10/1911 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 155 |
Dimensions: | 3675grt, 2339nrt, 354.4 x 48.0 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 371nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132614 |
History: | |
04/10/1911 | Cayo Line Ltd (E Bigland & Co Ltd), London |
1916 | The Bay Steamship Co Ltd (Sale & Co), London; renamed BAYMANO |
1921 | Government of France; renamed PORT DE CHERBOURG |
1921 | Cie Maritime de Transports Coloniaux, Marseille; renamed MALGACHE |
1936 | Union Maritime SA, Marseille |
1937 | Renamed ROUENNAIS |
25/04/1943 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 25/04/1943: Mined 30 miles W of Rabat & wrecked at Fedala, Morocco |
On a voyage from Casablanca to the UK with a cargo of phosphates | |
The mine laid by U-Boat U455 on 10/04/1943 |