Name: | SABA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/06/1895 |
Completed: | 07/1895 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 307 |
Dimensions: | 2504grt, 1608nrt, 306.2 x 41.1 x 14.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 262nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105713 |
History: | |
07/1895 | Scrutton, Sons & Co, London |
1911 | Inver Steamships Ltd (TB Royden), London; renamed PINAR DEL RIO |
1912 | Santa Clara Steam Ship Co Ltd (TB Royden), London |
1914 | American & Cuban Steamship Line Inc, New York |
08/06/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/06/1918: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U151 at 36.17N – 73.50W |
On a voyage from Sagua to USA ports with a cargo of sugar |