BELGIC ( 1ST ) / BILBAO / GOEFREDO

BUILT IN 1873   BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST SHE HAD  A TONNAGE OF 2652. SHE WAS SIMILAR TO GAELIC IN APPEARANCE. SHE WAS SOLD TO A SPANISH COMPANY IN 1883 AND RE-NAMED BILBAO. SHE WAS LATER SOLD AGAIN TO ANOTHER SPANISH COMPANY AND RE-NAMED GOEFREDO. IN 1884 SHE WENT AGROUND NEAR CUBA AND WAS SENT BACK TO THE U.K BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE WENT AGROUND AGAIN ON BURBO BANK, AS SHE ENTERED THE MERSEY RIVER AND LAID THERE FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE BEING TAKEN AWAY FOR SCRAP.THE PICTURE ABOVE IS NOT BELGIC ITS A PICTURE OF HER SISTER SHIP GAELIC, THERE ARE NO 100 % VERIFIED PICTURES KNOWN OF BELGIC