Name: | ASIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched | 02/04/1870 |
Completed: | 20/06/1870 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 64 |
Dimensions: | 1264grt, 860nrt, 258.4 x 31.4 x 16.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 60 x 36ins), 140nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.4knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1870 | R Rubattino & Co, Genoa |
1880 | Soc per la Nav a Vapore Raffaele Rubattino & Co, Genoa |
1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
1910 | Soc Anonima Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi, Genoa; renamed LOMBARDO |
1913 | Societa Marittima Italiana, Genoa |
1923 | Soc di Nav Italia, Genoa |
1926 | Soc Italiana di Nav Floro, Palermo |
23/02/1928 | Wrecked |
Comments | Accommodation for 54 x 1st, 46 x 2nd Class passengers & 50 x emigrants |
Contract price £26,400; Profit £710-10s-6d | |
23/02/1928: Wrecked at Derna, Libya | |
On a voyage from Bengazi to Tobruk carrying general cargo |