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Name: FRANCISCO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/10/1890
Completed: 02/1891
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 19
Dimensions: 4604grt, 2882nrt, 370.2 x 46.6 x 27.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (31.5, 49 & 82 x 54ins), 563nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98718
History:
02/1891 T Wilson, Sons & Co, Hull
1899 Cie Générale Transatlantique, Le Havre; renamed BORDEAUX
07/09/1915 Sank
Comments: 07/09/1915: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by U-Boat U20
12 miles SW of La Coubre, outward from Safi with a cargo of wheat


Above photo as BORDEAUX copyright of Ludovic Trihan