| Name: | GULF OF CORCOVADO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/06/1888 |
| Completed: | 08/1888 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 280 |
| Dimensions: | 2361grt, 1482nrt, 310.0 x 40.3 x 22.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 300nhp |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 93204 |
| History: | |
| 14/08/1888 | Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd, Greenock |
| 1899 | Gulf Line Ltd, Greenock |
| 1899 | P Viale di GB, Genoa; renamed PAOLO V |
| 1902 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Graham Smith,manager), Liverpool; renamed SARDINIA |
| 25/11/1908 | Beached |
| Comments: | 25/11/1908: Caught fire & beached off Fort Ricasoli, Malta with 118 casualties |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Malta, Alexandria and Mecca | |
| She carried 39 x crew, 12 x 1st class and 142 x steerage (Moslem Moroccans who were on their way to Mecca) | |
| Fire broke out just after leaving Malta's Grand Harbour and soon engulfed the whole ship | |
| The fire was probably caused by embers from a pilgrim's cooking brazier, falling into the cargo of nitrate in No 2 hold which quickly took hold. The engine room was soon abandoned and the ship steamed in circles. All boats were ablaze and those on board had to jump into the sea. The ship went aground on Ricasoli Rocks and burned out |
Above photo as GULF OF CORCOVADO is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as SARDINIA is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as SARDINIA is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Lloyd's List, Saturday, 30/06/1888