Name: | TALAVERA |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 27/04/1889 |
Completed: | 06/1889 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 29 |
Dimensions: | 1785grt, 1055nrt, 266.0 x 37.1 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 176nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96142 |
History: | |
06/1889 | H Scholefield & Son, Newcastle |
1901 | Talavera Steamship Co Ltd (A Scholefield), Newcastle |
1904 | Ang A/B Kullen (CA Banck), Helsingborg |
1917 | Red A/B Svenska Lloyd (H Metcalfe), Gothenburg; renamed FYLGIA |
24/01/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC49 at 56.23N 02.15W |
On a voyage from Gothenburg to Rouen with general cargo |
Above photo as TALAVERA courtesy of Richard Cox