Name: | TRONTO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/08/1905 |
Completed: | 10/1905 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 764 |
Dimensions: | 6405grt, 3976nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 494nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120888 |
History: | |
11/10/1905 | Steamship Tronto Co Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool |
1916 | The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYRONTO |
13/09/1919 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/09/1919: Foundered in the Gulf of Mexico, 90 miles SW of Tampa |
On a voyage from Galveston to Marseille with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo as TRONTO is courtesy of Photoship