ROMEO
Built | 08/1873 |
Tonnages | 496 grt, 269 nrt |
Dimensions | 170.2 x 26.2 x 11.6 ft |
Shipbuilder (yard number) | McKellar, McMillan & Co. Dumbarton (3) |
Engine builder | Kincaid, Donald & Co., Greenock |
Engine | C2cyl (22, 40 x 28in), 70 nhp |
O.N. | 67808 |
Owners | Reg. at Goole 1873 to John Seed, John Taylor & others, on behalf of Goole Steam Shipping Co. |
1891 Romeo S.S. Co. Ltd. (Wm. Cawthorn), Goole/London |
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1894 A. R. Aranjo, Gijon; renamed JOVELLANOS | |
1895 S. N. Aleson, Gijon | |
1900 A. R. Aranjo, Gijon | |
1903 Union Hullera y Metalurgica de Asturias, Gijon | |
1907 Soc. Metallurgica Duro-Felguera, Gijon | |
1920 Bru Hermanos, Barcelona | |
Fate | 13/04/1921 sank 64 miles off San Pietro Island on passage Barcelona for Piraeus and Constantinople |
Depicted in this painting by James Bullass of Reedness (b. 1862)
and dated in 1885, by kind permission of Stan Threadgould
As JOVELLANOS, collection of David Asprey