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SS Cuxhaven (1882)

History
United Kingdom
Name
  • 1882–1910: SS Cuxhaven
  • 1910–1916: SS Torero
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderWilliam Thompson, Dundee
Yard number40
Launched6 May 1882
FateSunk 1 November 1916
General characteristics
Tonnage757 gross register tons (GRT)
Length220 feet (67 m)
Beam32 feet (9.8 m)
Depth13.7 feet (4.2 m)

SS Cuxhaven was a cargo ship built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1882.[1]

History

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The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee, Scotland, for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 6 May 1882.[2]

On 20 April 1886 she was in collision with the Manchester Wholesale Co-operative Society steamer Progress, which left a breach in the Cuxhaven′s stokehold. Cuxhaven was beached.[3] She was salvaged by the Dundee Salvage Company early in May which required the removal of 300 tons of mud.[4]

In 1895 Cuxhaven was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company. In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. She was sold in 1910 to G. Sfilio, Cantania and renamed Torero. In 1912 she was sold to R. Randaffo, Catania and the firm became the Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi. During World War I, she was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 1 November 1916 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Gallo, Sicily (38°30′N 13°28′E / 38.500°N 13.467°E / 38.500; 13.467) by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-21. Her crew survived.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "Launch of a Steamer". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 6 May 1882. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Collision between Steamers at Goole". Hull Daily Mail. England. 21 April 1886. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "The Steamer Cuxhaven". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 3 May 1886. Retrieved 26 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Torero". Uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2012.