Yard number 40 Launched 6 May 1882 | Fate Sunk 1 November 1916 Length 67 m | |
Name 1882–1910SS Cuxhaven1910–1916SS Torero Operator 1882–1895Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company1895–1905Goole Steam Shipping Company1905–1910Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1910–1912G. Sfilio, Cantania1912–1916Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi Tonnage 757 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
SS Cuxhaven was a cargo ship built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1882.
History
The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee, Scotland, for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 6 May 1882.
On 20 April 1886 she was in collision with the Manchester Wholesale Co-operative Society steamer Progress, which left a breach in the Cuxhaven′s stokehold. Cuxhaven was beached. She was salvaged by the Dundee Salvage Company early in May which required the removal of 300 tons of mud.
In 1895 Cuxhaven was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company. In 1905 she was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. She was sold in 1910 to G. Sfilio, Cantania and renamed Torero. In 1912 she was sold to R. Randaffo, Catania and the firm became the Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi. During World War I, she was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 1 November 1916 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Gallo, Sicily (38°30′N 13°28′E) by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-21. Her crew survived.