| Name: | SAN GENNARO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/10/1915 |
| Completed: | 07/1917 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 843 |
| Dimensions: | 12003grt, 6058nrt, 518.0 x 64.0 x 24.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (28.5, 40, 57 & 80 x 51ins), 1826nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 07/1917 | Pierce Bros, Naples |
| 1919 | Transoceanica Soc Italiana di Nav, Naples |
| 1921 | Nav Generale Italiana, Naples; renamed COLOMBO |
| 1932 | "Italia" (Flotte Riunite Cosulich-Lloyd Sabaudo-Nav Generale), Genoa |
| 1937 | Lloyd Triestino SA di Nav, Genoa |
| 08/04/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 21/10/1915: Launched for Sicula-Americana Soc di Navigazione, Messina |
| (Pierce Bros, managers, Trieste) and laid up after launch | |
| 07/1917: Completed as a cargo ship without furnished accommodation | |
| 1919: Returned to Palmers for completion | |
| 1921: Passenger berths added | |
| Accommodation for 100 x 1st , 700 x 2nd & 2000 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 08/04/1941: Scuttled at Massawa, Eritrea | |
| 1948: Wreck raised | |
| 1949: Wreck broken up in situ |
Photo as COLOMBO is courtesy of Richard Cox
Photo as COLOMBO is courtesy of Richard Cox