Name: | CEREDA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/12/1890 |
Completed: | 02/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 267 |
Dimensions: | 2530grt, 1603nrt, 290.1 x 40.7 x 19.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 98279 |
History: | |
12/02/1891 | Cay, Hall & Co, South Shields |
1913 | Rafael Ferrer, Bilbao; renamed QUINCE |
1916 | Altos Hornos de Vizcaya, Bilbao; renamed MARQUES DE URQUIJO |
23/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/12/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U46, 55 miles NE of Punta Galea |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as CEREDA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Friday, 13/02/1891