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Name: NEPTUNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/04/1896
Completed: 07/1896
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 205
Dimensions: 3366grt, 2145nrt, 330.5 x 45.2 x 18.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 289nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104300
History:
07/1896 Venus Steam Shipping Co Ltd (John Lockie), Newcastle
1904 Cornhill Steamship Co Ltd (Harris & Dixon), London
1913 Adolfo Pardo, Santander; renamed ADOLFO
1919 Isaac Asteinza, Bilbao
1920 Soc Naval Elcano, Santander; renamed MOTRICO
1922 P de Beascoechea, San Sebastian
1923 Soc Nav Elcano, Santander
1929 F Gumersindo Junquera, Gijon; renamed GUMERSINDO JUNQUERA
19/05/1935 Wrecked
Comments: 19/05/1935: Wrecked 1 mile east of Cabo Toriņana, NW Spain
On a voyage from Aviles to Alicante with a cargo of coal


The Marine Engineer, 01/08/1896