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Name: KILSYTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/10/1892
Completed: 11/1892
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 39
Dimensions: 2099grt, 1241nrt, 275.0 x 37.5 x 18.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 32.5 & 54 x 36ins), 179nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101809
History:
11/1892 Kilsyth Steamship Co Ltd (Blair & Co), Newcastle
1899 Cia del Vapor Arriluze (Uribe y Eguiraun), Bilbao; renamed ARRILUZE
1903 Cia Algortena de Nav (Uribe y Eguiraun), Bilbao
1919 Soc Minera Villaodrid, Bilbao
1922 Cia de Vapor Arriluze, Bilbao (Pedro P Gante)
1928 Catalana Maritima SA (F Escalas), Bilbao
1924 Manager became Jose Morey
20/08/1936 Sank
Comments: 20/08/1936: Sank after an attack by the Spanish Nationalist cruiser
ALMIRANTE CERVERA off Cabo Negro, Aviles whilst on a voyage
from Valencia to Gijon with military stores.