Name: | CAYO SOTO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/05/1905 |
Completed: | 07/1905 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 385 |
Dimensions: | 3082grt, 1988nrt, 330.8 x 45.1 x 24.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 320nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120579 |
History: | |
12/07/1905 | Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London |
1916 | The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYSOTO |
06/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC42, 33 miles SExE from Girdleness |
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to the Tyne & Le Havre with a cargo of flax |
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 18/07/1905