Name: | TROPEA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/10/1905 |
Completed: | 12/1905 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 765 |
Dimensions: | 4671grt, 3052nrt, 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: | 120908 |
History: | |
11/12/1905 | Steam Ship Cairngorm Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool |
1916 | The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYROPEA |
26/01/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/01/1917: Sank at Arkhangelsk after cargo of munitions exploded |
Arrived at Arkhangelsk from Cardiff |
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