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Name: MATADOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/07/1904
Completed: 09/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 717
Dimensions: 3400grt, 2197nrt, 350.5 x 46.0 x 28.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 58 x 48ins), 203nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118124
History:
09/1904 Charente Steamship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool
03/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 03/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC31 when 115 miles
W by N of Fastnet, in position 51.15N - 12.25W
On a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool carrying general cargo


Shields Daily News, Saturday, 10/09/1904