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Name: MOKTA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/08/1892
Completed: 09/1892
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 283
Dimensions: 2434grt, 1549nrt, 296.5 x 40.1 x 18.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 222nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101925
History:
09/1892 English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London
1912 Artaza, S en C (J de Artaza), Bilbao; renamed BUTRÓN
01/02/1917 Sank
Comments: 01/02/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U67, 90 miles from Punta Galea
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore