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Name: CAYO ROMANO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/09/1911
Completed: 10/1911
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 155
Dimensions: 3675grt, 2339nrt, 354.4 x 48.0 x 26.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 371nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132614
History:
04/10/1911 Cayo Line Ltd (E Bigland & Co Ltd), London
1916 The Bay Steamship Co Ltd (Sale & Co), London; renamed BAYMANO
1921 Government of France; renamed PORT DE CHERBOURG
1921 Cie Maritime de Transports Coloniaux, Marseille; renamed MALGACHE
1936 Union Maritime SA, Marseille
1937 Renamed ROUENNAIS
25/04/1943 Wrecked
Comments: 25/04/1943: Mined 30 miles W of Rabat & wrecked at Fedala, Morocco
On a voyage from Casablanca to the UK with a cargo of phosphates
The mine laid by U-Boat U455 on 10/04/1943