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Name: CARVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/12/1896
Completed: 04/1897
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 219
Dimensions: 2836grt, 1682nrt, 312.5 x 41.0 x 20.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 244nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106614
History:
04/1897 Calvin SS Co Ltd (Swan & Hunter Ltd), Newcastle
1898 Ramon de la Sota, Bilbao; renamed BERMEO
1900 Sota y Aznar, Bilbao
1904 Cia Anon del Vapor Bermeo (Sota y Aznar), Bilbao
1906 Cia Naviera Sota y Aznar, Bilbao
1918 Renamed ARNO-MENDI
13/03/1918 Sank
Comments: 13/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-boat UC75, 7 miles E of the Skerries
On a voyage from Agua Amarga to Ayr with a cargo of copper ore