Name: | LARGO BAY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/06/1890 |
Completed: | 1890 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 297 |
Dimensions: | 2026grt, 1267nrt, 287.0 x 37.0 x 22.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 178nhp |
Engines by: | Westgarth, English & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96511 |
History: | |
1890 | WJ Affleck & Co Ltd, North Shields |
1908 | Crosby, Magee & Co, North Shields |
1913 | Paul Castanié, Oran: renamed EUROPE |
01/05/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/05/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U30, 3 miles NW of Bishop Rock |
On a voyage from Barry to St Nazaire with a cargo of coal |