page_title: SS Espagne (Anversois, 1909)
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: SS Espagne (Anversois, 1909) / Construction
caption_attribution_description: HMT Dongola
context_page_description: The SS Espagne was a Belgian cargo ship that was torpedoed by SM UC-71 in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom while she was travelling from Le Havre, France to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.
context_section_description: Espagne was launched on 6 February 1909 with yard no. 40 at the Chantiers Navals Anversois shipyard in Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium. She was completed the following month, having been ordered by the Antwerp shipping company Armement Adolf Deppe.
  The ship was 71.78 metres (235 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 11.00 metres (36 ft 1 in). She had a depth of 3.73 metres (12 ft 3 in). The ship was assessed at 1,463 GRT. She had a triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. Steam was supplied by two boilers; the engine was rated at 150 nhp. It was made by the North East Marine Engine Co Ltd. Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew numbered 24.
caption: Dongola around 1913
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