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Taurus
1905 General cargo
Buildingyard: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd., Newcastle
Built year: 1905
Yard no: 153
Tonnage: GRT: 4262/ NET: 2765/ TDW: 7387
Dims: LOA: 355,0/ BR: 50,1/ DR: 20,0ft
Machinery: 3-cyl 3EXP steamengine by Blair & Co Ltd., Stockton - 1870 ihp
Speed: 10,00knots
Photo: Unknown
22.03.1905: Launched
00.04.1905: Completed. Price: NOK 719.425,66
02.07.1935: Sold for GBP8000 to Achille Lauro, Italy and renamed SANTAGATA.
The saleprice was agreed under the agreement that the vessel would be scrapped, but as she was in fact
used for further trading and additional amount of GBP 300 was paid to WW in January 1940
04.08.1943: Bombed and sunk at Naples be Allied Aircraft. After the war the wreck was scrapped as it layed
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