SS Cantabria (1919)
Spanish cargo ship sunk in a military action of the Spanish Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see SS Cantabria.
SS Cantabria was a Spanish-owned cargo steamship that was built in 1919 in Canada and sunk in 1938 in a naval action in the Spanish Civil War in the North Sea. She was built as War Chief, renamed Alfonso Pérez shortly after she was built, and renamed Cantabria during the Spanish Civil War.
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Cantabria sinking, photographed from the Nationalist cruiser Nadir | |
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Port of registry | Santander |
Builder | J Coughlan & Sons, Vancouver |
Launched | 19 August 1918 |
Completed | February 1919 |
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Fate | sunk by gunfire, 2 November 1938 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 5,743 GRT, 4,180 NRT |
Length | 410.5 ft (125.1 m) |
Beam | 54.1 ft (16.5 m) |
Depth | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | by 1926: 532 NHP |
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Speed | 8–10 knots (15–19 km/h) |
Crew | 33 |
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Cantabria's wreck is off the coast of Norfolk, 12 miles ENE[2] of Cromer.[3] She was shelled by the Spanish Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Nadir.