Name: | EL TORO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/06/1913 |
Completed: | 07/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 900 |
Dimensions: | 5958grt, 3621nrt, 420.0 x 54.4 x 32.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 513nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135242 |
History: | |
09/07/1913 | Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
02/01/1917 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty |
02/01/1917: Wrecked on the Skelligs, Co Kerry | |
On a voyage from Port Arthur to the UK with a cargo of fuel oil |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 06/06/1913