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Name: CARLTON TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/08/1881
Completed: 09/1881
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 131
Dimensions: 2206grt,1463nrt, 3110dwt, 290.0 x 37.1 x 27.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (35 & 69 x 48ins), 275nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 85054
History:
09/1881 Stumore, Weston & Co, London
1889 Schiaffino & Solari, Genoa; renamed SOLFERINO
1890 Dugi di Genoa, Genoa
1891 Banca di Genova, Genoa
1894 Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa
1XXX Soc Anon Nazionale di Servizi Marittima
1913 Soc Marrittime Italiana, Palermo
05/1914 Wrecked
Comments: Originally laid down “on spec”, but taken over by Wm Milburn & Co
who in turn sold her to Stumore, Weston & Co, for whom she was launched
On delivery she was chartered to Union Royal Mail taking 180 passengers to South Africa.
Contract price £33000, Profit £5500-17s-6d
03/06/1885: Grounded at Obokh when driven from her berth by a sudden cyclone.