| Name: | TAFNA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/10/1887 |
| Completed: | 12/1887 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 231 |
| Dimensions: | 2231grt, 1416nrt, 290. 0 x 39.0 x 18.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 219nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 94341 |
| History: | |
| 09/12/1887 | Tafna Steamship Co Ltd (GE Bowring), London |
| 1889 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London |
| 1897 | Mount Stuart Ship Building, Graving Docks & Engineering Co Ltd |
| 1897 | Rowland & Marwoods Steamship Co Ltd (Chr Marwood), Whitby |
| 1897 | Renamed CORNUCOPIA |
| 1907 | Bank of Athens (N Valmas), Syra; renamed AGHIOS NIKOLAOS |
| 1913 | Nicolas Valmas, Syra |
| 04/05/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/11/1896: Stranded on Chapel Rocks, Chepstow |
| when inward from Philadelphia for Sharpness | |
| 18/11/1896: Refloated but declared a CTL and sold | |
| 04/05/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UB38, 30 miles W of Cap d’Antifer | |
| On a voyage from Oran to Boulogne with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as CORNUCOPIA is courtesy of Clive Ketley
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