BV Juan Palafox Mendoza
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 BV Juan Palafox Mendoza in 1912.
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 Creeperopolis
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| Name: | Juan Palafox Mendoza |
| Namesake: | Juan Palafox Mendoza |
| Owner: |
 Gold Star Line |
| Port of registry: |
 Salvador |
| Route: | Salvador–Cámarillo |
| Ordered: | 13 September 1907 |
| Builder: | Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding |
| Yard number: | 384 |
| Way number: | 5 |
| Laid down: | 31 March 1909 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1911 |
| Completed: | 2 April 1912 |
| In service: | 10 April 1912 |
| Out of service: | October 1915 |
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| Nickname(s): | El Grandote |
| Fate: | Disappeared October 1915 |
| Status: | Wreck undiscovered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cristóbal Colón Cámarillo-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 52,310 tons |
| Displacement: | 46,329 GRT, 21,831 NRT |
| Length: | 965 pi 9 pl (882 ft 9 in; 269.1 m) |
| Beam: | 101 pi 5 pl (92 ft 9 in; 28.2 m) |
| Height: | 191 pi 5 pl (175 ft; 53.3 m) |
| Draught: | 37 pi 10 pl (34 ft 7 in; 10.5 m) |
| Depth: | 70 pi 8 pl (64 ft 6 in; 19.7 m) |
| Decks: | 9 |
| Installed power: | 30 double-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers and a low-pressure turbine for the center propeller; output: 46,000 HP |
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BV Juan Palafox Mendoza was a Creeperian ocean liner that was operated by the Gold Star Line. She was ordered in 1907, entered service in 1912. The disappearance of Juan Palafox Mendoza is one of the most infamous in history.
