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Name: AMATONGA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/12/1902
Completed: 02/1903
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 731
Dimensions: 3321grt, 2112nrt, 330.0 x 45.2 x 17.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 42 & 68 x 48ins), 387nhp
Engines by: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115957
History:
02/1903 Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, London
1914 Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, North Shields
1927 Adria SA di Nav Marittima, Fiume, Italy; renamed FOSCOLO
2Q/1933 Broken up
Comments: 2Q/1933: Broken up at Monfalcone


Above photo as AMATONGA copyright of A Duncan

Above photo as AMATONGA courtesy of Clive Ketley