Name: | NAVASOTA |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/06/1917 |
Completed: | 12/1917 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 980 |
Dimensions: | 8799grt, 5523nrt, 430.0 x 61.3 x 35.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (24, 33.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 1094nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135702 |
History: | |
12/1917 | Royal Mail Steam Packet Meat Transports Ltd, Southampton |
1932 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, Southampton |
05/12/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/12/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47, 150 miles W of Bishops Rock |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Buenos Aires in ballast |
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