Satur - Collection C. Kleiss
At Calais
        She was built in 1891 by E. Withy & Company as Wildcroft. She was bought in 1912 by Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, who renamed her Satur and registered her in Uruguay, transfering her to the Spanish flag in 1913. She was bought in 1916 by Altos Hornos de Vizcaya, being renamed Victor de Chavarri. On 22/January/1918 she was torpedoed and sunk in the British Channel by the submarine UB-31, disappearing three crewmembers. The survivors were picked up by a French destroyer who took them to Cherbourg.
Shipyard/Year E. Withy & Co. / 1891
Dead weight 4,130 MT
Gross register 2.958 GRT
Lenght 95.8 mtr
Breadth 12.4 mtr
Depth 6.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1.455 H.P.
Bought 1908 to
Owner Wildcroft Steamship Co. Ltd.
Name Wildcroft
Sold 1916 to
Owner Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Owner Victor de Chavarri
22/11/1918 - Torpedoed by the submarine UB-31



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