Name: | CAMPANA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/06/1929 |
Completed: | 07/1929 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1302 |
Dimensions: | 10816grt, 6463nrt, 510.6 x 67.0 x 32.1ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, SR Geared; |
(1962: 2 x Oil engines, 10cyl (600 x 800mm)) | |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend; |
(1962: Cant Riuniti del Adriatico, Trieste) | |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1929 | Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles |
26/07/1943 | Government of Argentina |
1943 | Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO JACHAL |
1946 | Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles |
1946 | Renamed CAMPANA |
1955 | Sicula Oceanica SpA, Palermo; renamed IRPINIA |
09/1983 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 100 x 1st, 150 x 2nd class passengers plus 1000 in other classes |
Built for the Marseilles to Buenos Aires service | |
06/1940: Laid up at Buenos Aires | |
26/07/1943: Requisitioned by the Government of Argentina | |
1962: Re-engined | |
05/09/1983: Breaking up commenced at La Spezia by Cant Nav Santa Maria |
Above photo as CAMPANA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CAMPANA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship
Yorkshire Post, Thursday, 12/06/1930