Name: | NUEVO VALENCIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/04/1879 |
Completed: | 05/1879 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 200 |
Dimensions: | 1061grt, 722nrt, 210.6 x 29.6 x 15.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 54 x 33ins), 140nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 80539 |
History: | |
21/05/1879 | Arthur Coote, Newcastle |
18/11/1879 | Cia Anon de Vap Vinuesa, Sevilla |
1891 | Espaliu y Cia, Sevilla |
1898 | CA de Vapores Vinuesa, Sevilla |
1911 | Pinillos Izquierdo y Cia, Cadiz; renamed BETIS |
1914 | D Montesinos, Valencia |
1921 | JA Nogueira, Valencia |
1925 | Garcia Petit, Valencia |
1928 | Jose Morey, Valencia |
07/1938 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for an unspecified number of passengers |
26/08/1937: Torpedoed by a nationalist submarine off Burriana, no damage | |
07/1938: Bombed & sunk by nationalist aircraft off Calafell, near Tarragona |
Above photo as BETIS is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 02/06/1879