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Name: HISPANIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/03/1885
Completed: 1885
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 58
Dimensions: 1112grt, 797nrt, 216.3 x 30.2 x 21.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 31 & 52 x 36ins), 162nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron & Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1885 Förnyade Angfartygs A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg
1903 A/S Hispania (Andr Arntzen), Tonsberg
1907 Mexican Trading Co Ltd (Rolf Seeberg), Christiania
1908 A/S Hispania (Rolf Seeberg), Christiania
1913 Soc Commerciale & Maritime (D Hyafill), Oran; renamed RENÉE HYAFFIL
1920 Soc Commercial & Maritime de France, Oran
1921 Soc Maritime de Provence, Toulon; renamed CAP CÉPET
1922 Luis Liano S en C, Santander; renamed ELVIRA
19/12/1922 Wrecked
Comments: 19/12/1922: Wrecked at the entrance to Rivadesella
when inward from Bilbao in ballast