Name: | SEGOVIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/10/1921 |
Completed: | 04/1922 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 222 |
Dimensions: | 1387grt, 719nrt, 260.5 x 37.7 x 14.8ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor Diesel type, 6cyl (560 x 1000mm), 1400ihp, 282nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
04/1922 | D/S A/S Otto Thoresen's Linje, Oslo |
1923 | D/S A/S Spanskelinjen, Oslo |
1938 | A/S Den Norske Middelhavslinje, Oslo |
21/01/1940 | Missing |
Comments: | 23/01/1940: Missing - may have been torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55 in the North Sea |
On a voyage from Lisbon to Bergen with a cargo of oil, cork, wine & almonds |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 01/11/1921