Name: | TAGUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/09/1872 |
Completed: | 09/1872 |
Builder: | Cole Bros |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 16 |
Dimensions: | 1350grt, 953nrt, 229.0 x 30.4 x 16.6ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 24ins), 95nhp |
Engines by: | J & W Dudgeon, London |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 68360 |
History: | |
12/09/1872 | H Bucknall & Sons, Newcastle |
1890 | Bucknall Nephews, Newcastle |
18/08/1896 | A Gardella y Cia, Buenos Aires |
1900 | SN Savas , Buenos Aires |
1901 | SN Savas y Hermanos, Buenos Aires |
1904 | N Mihanovic, Buenos Aires |
1905 | C Ortelli, Buenos Aires; renamed SPARTA |
1908 | Nav a Vap Nicolas Mihanovich SA, Buenos Aires |
1909 | SA de Nav Sud Atlantica, Buenos Aires |
1915 | FA Marcallo, Antonina; renamed LAPA |
1917 | Lloyd Nacional, Rio de Janeiro |
22/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47 130nm WSW Gibraltar |
On a voyage from Santos to Marseilles with a cargo of coffee |
Public & Daily Advertiser, Tuesday, 17/09/1872