Name: | ARTESIEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/04/1921 |
Completed: | 07/1921 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 465 |
Dimensions: | 3152grt, 1970nrt, 331.2 x 47.2 x 22.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 65 x 45ins), 307nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1921 | Cie des Bateaux a Vapeur du Nord, Dunkerque |
1943 | Government of Italy; renamed CHIETTI |
29/02/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/1943: Under German control |
29/02/1944: Sunk by torpedo from HMS UPROAR, 20 miles S of Marseille |
Above photo as ARTESIEN is courtesy of Guido Alfano