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Name: SORATA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/02/1897
Completed: 04/1897
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 222
Dimensions: 4851grt, 2943nrt, 390.0 x 47.3 x 30ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 51ins), 311nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106849
History:
04/1897 Pacific Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool
1922 Schröder, Hölken & Fischer, Hamburg; renamed OTTO FISCHER
20/02/1923 Sank
Comments: 20/02/1923: Foundered about 9 miles off Cape Vilano after losing her rudder
On a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires with steel and general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/02/1897