At Zeebrugge during cargo operations.           She was built as Cramond on 1919 and bought on 1921 by Compañía Naviera Bachi, being renamed Tom. She was the second Tom; the first was sunk on 13/April/1917, in a trip from Bilbao to Cardiff, after being hit by a torpedo fired by the submarine UC-26. The sinking was very fast, with 20 crewmembers dead and 7 survivors.
          On 1953 she was sold to Compañía Naviera Vascongada and renamed Archanda, trading mainly wood logs from the Spanish Guinea to Spain mainland, like the previous years. There were other trips like the last one, to load sugar in Brazil on January 1960, when she grounded at Boa Vista island (Cabo Verde). She was lost but all crewmembers survived.

Shipyard / Year	John Blumer Co. / 1919
Dead Weight	5,167	MT
Gross register	3,056	GRT
Lenght	101.0	mtr
Breadth	14.2	mtr
Depth	7.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,100	H.P.
Sold	1953	to
Owner	Cía. Naviera Vascongada
Sunk	1960

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