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Name: TABOGA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/07/1898
Completed: 23/08/1898
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 345
Dimensions: 649grt, 348nrt, 735dwt, 185.0 x 31.1 x 12.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (21 & 42 x 27ins), 90rhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109455
History:
23/08/1898 Pacific Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool
1909 Pinel Brothers, Panama
23/05/1911 Sank
Comments: Contract Price £17009; Profit £2132-15s-6d
Built for trading on the West Coast of Central & South America
Accommodation for 22 x 1st Class passengers
11/1901: Seized by the Colombian Government and used as an armed transport
12/1901: Returned to owners
23/05/1911: Wrecked off Puntamala, Los Santos Province, Panama
On a voyage from Pedregal to Panama City carrying 100 x passengers & general cargo
Over 60 x passengers died in the wreck


Jarrow Express, Friday, 26/08/1898

Leeds Mercury, Thursday, 08/06/1911