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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