Name: | MURCIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/01/1895 |
Completed: | 02/1895 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 303 |
Dimensions: | 2644grt, 1694nrt, 303.0 x 41.5 x 19.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 36 & 61 x 42ins), 252nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104852 |
History: | |
02/1895 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
1913 | Wilhelm Kunstmann, Stettin; renamed HISPANIA |
15/04/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 15/04/1916: Mined and sunk near Sandhamn |
On a voyage from Hamburg to Stockholm. |
Above photo as MURCIA is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as HISPANIA is courtesy of Richard Cox