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PIZARRO 

Launched Date:

1883

Tonnage:

1020

Yard No:

38

Description:

Iron screw cargo steamer
Fate - SS Punta Teno, built by S. & H. Morton & Co., Leith in 1883 launched as SS Pizzaro and owned at the time of her loss by Cia. Anon. Navegacion de Tenerife, Orotava, Tenerife, was a Spanish steamer of 1042 tons. On January 29th, 1917, Punta Teno, on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Bordeaux with a cargo of bananas and onions, was sunk by the German submarine U-67 (Hans Nieland), off NW coast of Spain. There were no casualties.

1883
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