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Name: SAN ANTONIO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 08/04/1909
Completed: 05/1909
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 833
Dimensions: 5251grt, 3236nrt, 390.5 x 50.4 x 30.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 444nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 125790
History:
17/05/1909 San Antonio Steamship Co Ltd (S Pearson & Son Ltd), London
1912 Cia Mexicana de Vap San Antonio SA, Vera Cruz
1930 Scopinich & Monta, Genoa; renamed SANTONI
05/03/1934 Wrecked
Comments: 05/03/1934: Wrecked 5 miles north of Constanza
On a voyage from Batoum via Constanza to French ports with a cargo of gas oil


Above photo as SAN ANTONIO is courtesy of Kees Helder

Above photo as SANTONI is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 10/04/1909