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Name: MÁTYÁS KIRÁLY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/11/1892
Completed: 12/1892
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co and Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 97 & 284
Dimensions: 1556grt, 944nrt, 240.0 x 34.0 x 14.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 32 & 53 x 36ins), 181nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1892
12/1892 Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co Adria Ltd, Fiume
1919 Adria Soc di Navigazione Marittima, Fiume
1921 Renamed BOITO
20/02/1930 Wrecked
Comments: 1892: Subcontract to Tyne Iron for hull only from Wigham Richardson
20/02/1930: Wrecked at Punta Bianca, 9 miles east of Girgenti
On a voyage from Licata to Girgenti with general cargo


Above photo as BOITO copyright of József Horváth