Don Emilio

Torpedoed and Sunk in The North Atlantic - 1917

Don Emilio

Left Barry

For Yukanski

Lost 1 July 197

Fate

Third Engineer

G R Welch

Lost

Don Emilio was a 3,651 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd. for Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Co. Ltd. and managed by G.Dodd.

She was sunk on 1 July 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-80 at position 60° 33' N, 02° 08' W - approximately 10 nautical miles North-West by West of the Esha Ness lighthouse.

She was en route from Barry to Yukanski Archangel with a cargo of coal.

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Don Emilio

1906

1906 Built for The Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Co

1906 Managed by Geo Dodd

1917 Torpedoed and sunk north of Scotland

3651

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

123732

JJ L Thompson

Sunderland

Blair & Co

Stockton

Steam 3 Cyl

322 NHP

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