Steamship "SANTO DOMINGO" (Spain, 1877-1898). Postcard (1997)

Steamship SANTO DOMINGO

Postcard published by Trajecte, S.A., Barcelona, 1997.

Originally built in 1877 in Glasgow as the Dublin Castle for a British shipping company, it was acquired in 1882 by the Compañía Trasatlántica Española and renamed Santo Domingo. For years it transported passengers, troops, and mail between Spain and Havana. It had an iron hull, a length of approximately 104 meters, and a gross tonnage of 2,805 tons. On 12 July 1898, during the war with the United States, it was pursued, attacked, and finally sunk by American naval forces near Cortés Bay, on the southern coast of Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Traveler's collection.