El Zorro (SS)
Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1915
UKHO Wreck No.011500220. 5,989-ton 12-year-old steel tanker steamship of London, owned by Lobitos Oilfields Ltd. (Bowring, C). Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1903. Measured 128m x 16.56m x 9.8m. En route from Port Arthur to Dartmouth with a cargo of crude oil, master was Tamlin. Torpedoed by the German submarine U-24 with the loss of two of the 35 crew on board. Crew abandoned the tanker but re-boarded the vessel once assistance arrived. The stricken tanker was t
- Type:
- Steamship
- Period:
- 1915
- Coordinates:
- 51.72°N, 7.66°W
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