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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