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Name: BELLA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/03/1906
Completed: 05/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 765
Dimensions: 1272grt, 767nrt, 227.3 x 31.7 x 21.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 246nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117726
History:
05/1906 Donald Steamship Co Ltd (TL Evans), Bristol
1917 Donald Steamship Co, New York
02/1918 US Navy
08/1920 Antonio T Carroza, New York & Baltimore
18/06/1922 Sank
Comments: 02/1918: Used as a transport in European waters
17/06/1922: Sprang a leak near Kingston, Jamaica
18/06/1922: Sank in position 26.37N - 74.40W
On a voyage from Baltimore to Port Maria, Jamaica in ballast


Above photo as BELLA is copyright of the US Navy

Above photo as BELLA is copyright of the US Navy