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Name: TORINO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/12/1894
Completed: 03/1895
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 1850grt, 1173nrt, 261.0 x 35.2 x 12.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 193nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102198
History:
03/1895 Atlantic & Eastern Steamship Co Ltd (J Glynn & Sons), Liverpool
29/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 29/10/1916: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U63, 70 miles WxN of Cape Trafalgar
On a voyage from Genoa & Palermo to Liverpool carrying general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 28/12/1894