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Name: MARKOMANNIA launched as BENWELL TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/08/1890
Completed: 10/1890
Builder: Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 52
Dimensions: 3335grt, 2131nrt, 333.0 x 41.2 x 26.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 41 & 67 x 42ins), 291nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1890 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1907 Seetranport GmbH, Hamburg; renamed KIRCHBERG
1913 Tito Campanella, Genoa; renamed PEGLI
1917 Chiarella & Carbone, Genoa
1918 G Tognetti, Genoa
1921 Soc Anon Genovese di Armamenti e Trasporti, Genoa
08/08/1922 Broken up
Comments: Launched as BENWELL TOWER for F Stumore & Co, London
08/08/1922: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/08/1890