Name: | GOLO |
Type: | Passenger Ship |
Launched: | 11/12/1905 |
Completed: | 02/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 748 |
Dimensions: | 1380grt, 470nrt, 263.0 x 34.4 x 18.1ft |
Engines: | T4cyl (29, 45, 52 & 52 x 45ins), 363nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1906 | Cie Marseillaise de Navigation à Vapeur (Fraissinet et Cie), Marseille |
1914 | Government of France; renamed GOLO II |
22/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Built for the service between Nice and Corsica |
Accommodation for 50 x 1st, 46 x 2nd, 40 x 3rd Class passengers | |
1914: Requisitioned by the French Navy as an armed boarding steamer | |
22/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC22 when 48 miles | |
SW of Cape Bianco, Corfu |
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Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 12/12/1905