Category:Mortera (ship, 1873)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger / cargo ship
• Built by: Thos. Royden & Sons, Liverpool, Queen's Dock
• Yard No: 149
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1873.03
• Completed: 1873.08
• Length over all: 267.7 ft
• Beam: 31.6 ft
• GRT: 1018
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History[edit]

• 1873 Named Elmina; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 68451
  • Port: London
  • Owner: African Steamship Co., London
• 1878 Renamed Gibara; Flag: Cuba
  • Owner: R. Lopez Vallado, Gibara, Cuba
• 1883 Renamed Mortera; Flag: Cuba
  • Owner: J. D. Rivera & Co., Havana
  • Port: Havana
• 1894 Sold to Sobrinos de Herrera, Havana
• 1898.07 Controlled by U.S. Army, later returned to owners
• 1907 Sold to J. D. Rivera & Co., Havana
• 1909 Sunk