SS Bakio

Undated photo of the SS Bakio .
History
Spain
Name	SS Bakio
Namesake	Bakio
Owner	Naviera Sota y Aznar
Builder	Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	71
Completed	1904
In service	1904?1916
Fate	Sunk by SM  U-20 on 30 April 1916
General characteristics
Type	Steamer
Tonnage	1,906 tons
Length	86.1 m (282 ft 6 in)
Beam	12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Draft	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 x 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw

The SS Bakio was a British-built steamship operated by the Spanish shipping company Naviera Sota y Aznar . The ship was built in 1904 and sunk on 30 April 1916 by German U-boat SM  U-20 , the same U-boat that sank the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915. ^{[1] [2]}

Career [ edit ]

The SS Bakio was built by the Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company in 1904 and sold to the Spanish shipping company Naviera Sota y Aznar , based in Bilbao . ^{[3] [4]} The ship was last spotted on 29 April 1916 off the coast of Peniche , Portugal . ^[3] The ship was traveling from Sagunto , Spain , to Montreal , Canada , carrying a cargo of iron ore. ^{[3] [4]} The ship was sunk on 30 April 1916 by German U-boat SM  U-20 in the Atlantic Ocean after being struck by torpedoes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The site of the wreck has never been located. ^[1]

The sinking of the SS Bakio by SM U-20 seems to contradict the U-boat's sinking of the French schooner Bernadette the next day, 1 May 1916, south of Ireland . ^{[1] [5]} The schooner was sunk 700 miles (1,100 km) away from the SS Bakio ' s last known location at Peniche, and at the U-boat's top speed of 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph), it would have taken just under 40 hours to travel from the SS Bakio ' s last known location to the site the Bernadette was sunk. ^{[3] [5] [6]}

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External links [ edit ]

• Ships hit by U 20

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