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| San Andres:
The San Andres 3,314 Cargo Ship built at Workman Clarke & Co. Ltd., Belfast, N.I. for Clark & Service (United Fruit), Glasgow. She was launched 29 January 1918 with a length of 96.1 meters, beam of 13.5 meters, triple-expansion engine and single screw providing a speed of 15 knots. She was also one of the first of a new type of vessel....The Refrigerated Cargo Ship!
Requisitioned for war use by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was provided with defensive armament. No Photo Available
On 02 September 1918, while on the Salonica - Port Said route in ballast, the San Andres was attacked, torpedoed, and sunk by German submarine U-65 (Gustav Siess) approximately 40 miles North-by-West of Port Said. No casualties reported
References:
Miramar Single Ship Report for 1141881 http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5376.html http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES-S.htm |
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