HMS Bayano 1915
Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Bayano | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1915 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | First World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | banana boat, armed merchant cruiser | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Inner Seas | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Scotland | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 21 km from land |
| Position | 55.0506, -5.4350 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Bayano was a British cargo liner and banana boat. She was built in Glasgow for Elders & Fyffes in 1913. Early in the First World War, the Admiralty requisitioned her and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC). A German U-boat sank her by torpedo in the North Channel in 1915, killing 195 members of her crew, 26 crew-members survived.
She was one of at least two Elders & Fyffes ships to have been named after the Bayano River in Panama. The other was built in 1917 and scrapped in 1956.
Location
- Recorded position: 55.0506, -5.4350 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Inner Seas
- Nearest coast: Scotland
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Bayano (1914) (revision 1352665401), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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