Name: | CHAMA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/01/1905 |
Completed: | 04/1905 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 781 |
Dimensions: | 3152grt, 1827nrt, 350.4 x 48.3 x 20.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins), 478nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120508 |
History: | |
29/03/1905 | African Steamship Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool |
1930 | Raffaele Rizzuto di Francesco, Naples; renamed ASSUNZIONE |
1933 | Cia Genovese di Nav a Vap, SA, Genoa; renamed CAPO ARMA |
29/05/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/05/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by submarine HMS TURBULENT |
70 miles NNW of Bengazi at position 33.15N - 19.25E | |
On a voyage from Taranto to Bengazi with a cargo of munitions |
Above photo as CHAMA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CAPO ARMA is copyright of Pietro Berti