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Name: MONT CENIS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/11/1900
Completed: 19/12/1900
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 369
Dimensions: 3529grt, 2162nrt, 2093dwt, 344.0 x 45.4 x 15.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 276nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.3knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1907: 124048)
History:
19/12/1900 Soc Generale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM), Marseilles
1907 Sefton Steam Ship Co Ltd (HE Moss, managers), Liverpool; renamed SEFTON
1907 Vincenzo Granata fu E, Bari; renamed SAN NICOLA
1911 Andrea Parodi fu B, Bari; renamed TRENTO
01/1912 Cie Generale Transatlantique (French Line), Marseilles; renamed LA DROME
03/06/1931 Broken up
Comments: Contract Price £45423; Profit £2545-19s-6d
03/06/1931: Broken up at Bilbao


Above photo as LA DROME is courtesy of Marine-Marchande

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 09/11/1900