Name: | SAN JOSE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/06/1920 |
Completed: | 12/1920 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 219 |
Dimensions: | 1995grt, 1006nrt, 302.6 x 42.2 x 17.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 225nhp |
Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1920 | D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie, Oslo |
1922 | A/S Bonheur (Fred Olsen & Co, managers), Oslo |
1939 | Argonauts Shipping Co Ltd (E Eugenides), Piraeus; renamed ARGO |
29/11/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/11/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by AMMIRAGLIO CAGNI 50 miles off Cape Town |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Cape Town carrying woollens & general cargo | |
18 crew died |