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Name: TAURUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1905
Completed: 04/1905
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 153
Dimensions: 4262grt, 2765nrt, 355.0 x 50.1 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 344nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1905 A/S Taurus (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg
1913 Wilhelmsens D/S A/S, Tønsberg
1934 Wilh Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
1935 Achille Lauro, Naples; renamed SANTAGATA
04/08/1943 Sank
Comments: 04/08/1943: Sank at Naples during an Allied air attack
Subsequently raised and broken up


Above photo as TAURUS courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 23/03/1905