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Ereaga
Ereaga - Collection C. Kleiss
        On this photo she is in one of the Euskalduna drydocks, at Bilbao. She was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-72 close to Bayonne (France), during a trip from Glasgow for Bilbao with coal and paints, although she had the neutraulity marks on the sides. There were two fatalities.
Shipyard / Year Ropner and Son / 1890
Name Inverness
Dead weight 3,349 MT
Gross register 2,251 GRT
Length 83.0 mtr
Breadth 11.8 mtr
Depth 5.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,990 H.P.
Bought 1899 to
Owner Hull Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.
Name Inverness
Sold 1907 to
Owner Compañía Marítima del Nervión
Name Ereaga
Torpedoed 02/06/1917 - UC-72 - Close to Bayonne

Ereaga - Sinking by A. Mantilla
Detail of the Ereaga sinking position



Landa
        In 1877 was converted to cable layer, being reconverted to freigther when bought by Compañía Anónima de Navegación. She sunk on 17/December/1902 in Barry Roads (United Kingdom) dua a collision with the Everest, during a trip from Lisbon for Cardiff.
Shipyard / Year John Scott & Sons / 1875
Name Saigon
Owner / Year Eastern Telegraph Company Ltd. / 1877
Name John Pender
Dead weight 2,280 MT
Gross register 1,213 GRT
Length 75.1 mtr
Breadth 8.9 mtr
Depth 6.2 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating compound
Power 500 H.P.
Bought 1900 to
Owner Eastern Telegraph Coompany Ltd.
Name John Pender
Sunk 17/12/1902 - Barry Roads (U.K.)



Gobelas
Milo - Un Siglo con la Marina Mercante
As Milo
Shipyard / Year William Gray / 1892
Name Milo
Dead weight 2,500 MT
Gross register 1,745 GRT
Length 86.1 mtr
Breadth 11.2 mtr
Depth 5.9 mtr
Maximum draft 5.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,330 H.P.
Bought 1900 to
Owner A.D. Serena
Name Milo
Sold 1907 to
Owner Compañía Marítima del Nervión
Name Gobelas
Owner / Year Compañía Gijonesa de Vapores / 1914
Name Velazquez Duro
Owner / Year Ferrer Peset Hermanos / 1916
Name Marques del Turia
Owner / Year Compañía Trasmediterránea / 1918
Name Marques del Turia
Owner / Year Adolfo Ramírez Escudero / 1932
Name Fito
Scrapped Bilbao - 1937



Altamira
She sailed on 02/October/1905 from New Orleans for Bilbao with phosphate and pitch pine, but was missing with all her crew.
Shipyard / Year William Gray / 1891
Name Harold
Dead weight 2,586 MT
Gross register 1,735 GRT
Length 80.7 mtr
Breadth 11.3 mtr
Depth 5.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating compound
Power 700 H.P.
Bought 1900 to
Owner G.E. Pyman & Company
Name Harold
Missing October 1905 - North Atlantic



Uriarte
Uriarte - Un Siglo con la Marina Mercante 1895-1995
She sunk on 14/October/1909 close to Wastergarnsholm due a collision with the Russian Sopernik, during a trip from Hernosand for Calais with wood.
Shipyard / Year Osbourne, Graham & Company / 1883
Owner F. de Carranaz y J.A. de Uriarte
Name Uriarte
Dead weight 4,500 MT
Gross register 1,365 GRT
Length 73.1 mtr
Breadth 10.7 mtr
Depth 5.1 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating compound
Power 600 H.P.
Bought 1901 to
Owner J.R. de Uriarte
Name Uriarte
Sold 1906 to
Owner Rederi A/B Eol
Name Saga
Sunk 14/10/1909 - Close to Wastergarnsholm



Neguri
Neguri - Collection Chris Kleiss
        She was built in the United Kingdom in 1929 under the name of Twilight. In 1905 she was bought by Compañía Anónima de Navegación, which renamed her Neguri, being sold in 1907 to Compañía Marítima del Nervión, in which she kept the nombre.
        On 15/February/1918, , during a trip from Charleston (USA) for Marseilles (France), she was sunk by explosives by the German submarine U-152. Previously the crew abandoned the ship, managing to reach the island of Hierro after eight days.
Shipyard / Year Furness Withy / 1894
Name Twilight
Dead weight 3,349 MT
Gross register 1,919 GRT
Length 82.3 mtr
Breadth 11.6 mtr
Depth 5.0 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,540 H.P.
Bought 1905 to
Owner John Wood & Company
Name Twilight
Sold 1907 to
Owner Compañía Marítima del Nervión
Name Neguri
Sunk 15/02/1918 -- U-152 -- 29º11'N - 20º32'W

Neguri - Collection Chris Kleiss
At La Pallice (France) as Neguri
Neguri sinking by A. Mantilla
Detail of the Neguri sinking position



Ural
Ackworth - Collection V. Sanahuja
On this photo she is yet as Ackworth
        She was sunk on 25/01/1918 by the German submarine U-152 using explosives, during a trip from Huelva for Pasajes with pyrites.
        Between the 25/01/1918 and the 16/February/1918 this submarine sunk five Spanish vessels, of which two were related to this company, but already sold several years earlier to Compañía Marítima del Nervión. Two more were related to this last company. The fifth was the Sebastian, owned by Sáinz e Inchaustegui.
Giralda sinking by A. Mantilla
Detail of the Giralda sinking position
Shipyard / Year Ropner and Son / 1889
Name Ackworth
Dead weight 4,400 MT
Gross register 2,203 GRT
Length 83.0 mtr
Breadth 11.8 mtr
Depth 5.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,990 H.P.
Bought 1905 to
Owner W.S. Merryweather
Name Ackworth
Sold 1907 to
Owner Compañía Marítima del Nervión
Nombre Ural
Owner Year Cía. Sevillana de Nav. a Vapor / 1913
Name Giralda
Sunk 25/01/1918 -- U-152 -- 41º08'N - 09º22'W



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