Name: | SAGA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/04/1909 |
Completed: | 06/1909 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 812 |
Dimensions: | 2809grt, 1684nrt, 322.4 x 46.2 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 500nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1909 | Angfartygs A/B Thule (Th Willerding), Gothenburg |
1919 | Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg |
1929 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Marseille; renamed MAYENNE |
1942 | Governnment of Italy ('Adriatica' SA di Navigazione); renamed FABRIANO |
11/04/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 84 x 1st class and 50 x 2nd class passengers |
15/12/1942: Seized by Germany at Marseille and handed over to Italy | |
11/04/1943: Sank after an aerial torpedo attack 6 miles from Capo Gallo, Palermo | |
On a voyage in convoy from Naples to Tunis |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Lloyd's List, Saturday, 24/04/1909