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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