The Anglo-Patagonian
The ship
This 5017-ton, gross tonnage cargo ship was built in 1910 by Short Brothers Ltd. from Sunderland, England, for Nitrate Producers SS Co., Ltd. The hull, made of riveted metal sheets, was 123.4m long and 16.09m wide. Four boilers fed the quadruple expansion engine and she could reach a speed of 10.7 knots.
The story
The left New York at the end of June 1917, bound for Bordeaux. The 45 crew members were commanded by F. W. Richardson. She was loaded with copper bars, mechanical parts, 220-mm shells, horses, and nitrate - all these being essential
