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