Monte Toro

nationality: spanish

purpose: transport
type: cargo ship

propulsion: steam

date built: 1884

status: unknown

details
tonnage: 851 grt
dimensions : 66 x 8.8 x 5.4 m
material: iron
engine: compound engine, 2 boilers, 6 fires
power: 176 n.h.p.
speed: 14.5 knots
call sign: EAPH



about the loss
cause lost: air raid

other reasons: ran aground (wrecked)

date lost: 07/08/1937

about people
builder: Clapar?de et Cie. , Rouen


engine by: Clapar?de et Cie. , Rouen


last owner: Compa??a Trasmediterranea, Madrid

SS Monte Toro (+1937)

period 1908 ~ 1937
call sign:



prev. owners: Morelli F. et Cie., Marseille

Bocognano

period 1884 ~ 1907

On August 7, 1937, during the Spanish civil war, Monte Toro was sailing off Cape Palos on her way to Cartagena, when she was attacked by airplanes.

The Captain tried to save her and the crew by running aground on the Isla Grosa (Islas Hormigas), where she was bombed until completely destroyed.