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 Valbanera in a Barcelona dry dock
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| History | |
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 Spain | |
| Name | Valbanera |
| Owner | Pinillos, Izquierdo & Co. |
| Route | Spain to Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Gulf Coast |
| Builder | Charles Connell & Co., Scotstoun |
| Yard number | 309 |
| Launched | 31 October 1906 |
| Homeport | Cadiz |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sank, 9 September 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 399.7 ft (121.8 m) |
| Beam | 48.0 ft (14.6 m) |
| Depth | 21.5 ft (6.6 m) |
| Installed power | 444 Nhp |
| Propulsion | Dunsmuir & Jackson 3-cylinder triple expansion |
| Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Capacity | c. 1,200 passengers |
| Crew | 88 |
Valbanera was a steamship operated by the Pinillos Line of Spain from 1905 until 1919, when she sank in a hurricane with the loss of all 488 crew and passengers aboard. Valbanera was a 400-foot-long (120 m) steamer capable of carrying close to 1,200 passengers.[1] She sailed a regular route between Spain and Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. The ship sank with the loss of all 488 people on board during the Florida Keys Hurricane in September 1919.
- ^ Barnette 2008, p. 21.