Also known as:

VILLE DE CASABLANCA

Year of Build:

1900

Official Number:

81694

Built at:

Lorain, OH

Vessel Type:

Package Freighter

Hull Materials:

Steel

Hull Number:

300

Builder Name:

American Ship Building Company

Original Owner and Location:

Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Buffalo Steamship Company, Buffalo, New York

Propulsion:

Screw

Length:

242'

Beam:

42'

Depth:

26.5'

Tonnage (gross):

2176

Tonnage (net):

1340

Final Location:

6 miles northeast of Cape Djinet, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea

Date:

8 Aug 1921

How:

Foundered

1907 Owned Mutual Transit Company, Buffalo, New York

1915 To Atlantic Coast; owned William Castle Rhodes Steamship Company,

New York, New York

1919 Owned Societe Credit Marocain, Havre, France; renamed VILLE DE

CASABLANCA

1921, August 8 Foundered; owned F. Puech Fils, Cete, France

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie