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Name: CAYO GITANO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/09/1905
Completed: 11/1905
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 388
Dimensions: 3073grt, 1983nrt, 330.9 x 45.1 x 24.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 350nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120631
History:
11/1905 Cuban Steamship Co Ltd (E Bigland & Co), London
1916 The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYGITANO
18/03/1918 Sank
Comments: 18/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC77, 1.5 miles SW of Lyme Regis
On a voyage from Le Havre to Cardiff in ballast


Above photo as CAYO GITANO is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Friday, 29/09/1905