Name: | LA NEGRA |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/01/1913 |
Completed: | 04/1913 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 813 |
Dimensions: | 8312grt, 4949nrt, 440.2 x 58.8 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25, 41.5 & 70 x 48ins), 1045nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132839 |
History: | |
10/04/1913 | British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |
03/09/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC50 when 50 miles SSW of Start Point |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to the UK with a cargo of frozen meat |
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