Name: | MAYO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1896 |
Completed: | 11/1896 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 215 |
Dimensions: | 1778grt, 1111nrt, 281.0 x 38.0 x 19ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 203nhp |
Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1896 | Cia Bilbaina de Nav (Aznar y Cia), Bilbao |
1903 | Managers became Aznar y Tutor |
1908 | Managers became N de Mendialdua |
1910 | Manager became Juan Urizar |
08/09/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | Built as a turret hull steamer |
08/09/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB23 off Ouessant at 48.53N-05.28W | |
On a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Bordeaux with a cargo of coal |