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Name: SALAMANCA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 182
Dimensions: 1317grt, 728nrt, 260.3 x 37.6 x 15.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1913 D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (O Thoresen), Christiania
1921 A/S Bonheur (FredOlsen & Co), Christiania
23/03/1922 Sank
Comments: 23/03/1922: Abandoned & sunk 42 miles west of Ouessant
On a voyage from Barcelona to Oslo with a cargo of citrus fruit


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 24/04/1913