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Name: GRACIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/08/1888
Completed: 11/10/1888
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 223
Dimensions: 3076grt, 2017nrt, 4240dwt, 345.5 x 40.2 x 24.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 68 x 48ins), 315nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/10/1888 Linea de Vapores Serra, Bilbao
11/03/1917 Sank
Comments: Contract Price £35600, Loss £4868-7s-10d
Used on the West Indies trade
11/03/1917: Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U53, when 5 miles off Ballycotton Island
On a voyage from Liverpool to Havanna with general cargo


Above photo showing GRACIA being framed is courtesy of Kevin Blair