Don Arturo

Master	From	To
J D Porteous	1906	1912
E B Heath	1912	1912
Hopkinson	1912	1912
J Atkinson	1912	1917 Sunk

1906 Built for The Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Co

1906 Managed by Geo Dodd

1917 Torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Speed

Don Arturo

1906

3680

120680

Craig Taylor & Co

Stockton

Blair & Co

Stockton

Triple Expansion Steam

322 NHP

Don Arturo

HFSL

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Torpedoed and Sunk - 1917

Don Arturo was a 3,680 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd. for Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Co Ltd and managed by G.Dodd.

She was sunk on 28 June 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-62 at position 49° 19' N, 08° 28' W - approximately 90 nautical miles West-South-West of The Scilly Islands.

She was en route from Algeria and Oran to the River Tees in ballast.

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