Name: | ADAMELLO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/09/1920 |
Completed: | 12/1920 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 255 |
Dimensions: | 5890grt, 3774nrt, 399.9 x 52.9 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 572nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1920 | Lloyd Adriatico Soc di Nav, Venice |
1929 | Soc Anon Cooperativa di Nav 'Garibaldi', Venice & Genoa |
09/1941 | Government of Uruguay |
1941 | Admin Nacional de Puertos, Montevideo; renamed MONTEVIDEO |
09/03/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/06/1940: Laid up at Montevideo |
09/1941: Requisitioned by the Uruguayan Government | |
09/03/1942: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by Italian submarine | |
ENRICO TAZZOLI in 29.13N - 69.35W on a voyage from Montevideo to New York | |
with a cargo of canned meat, wool and hides |
Above photo as ADAMELLO