Name: | CHARTERS TOWERS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/06/1887 |
Completed: | 06/1887 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 228 |
Dimensions: | 2577grt, 1645nrt, 300.0 x 40.2 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 225nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 94306 |
History: | |
06/1887 | F Stumore & Co, London |
1887 | Schiaffino & Solari, Genoa; renamed FANFULLA |
1889 | L Solari, Genoa; renamed MONTEBELLO |
1891 | Banco di Genova, Genoa |
1891 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Palermo |
1910 | Soc Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi, Palermo |
1913 | Societa Marittima Italiana, Naples |
09/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/1887: Sold immediately after delivery from the shipbuilder |
09/06/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U72 in the | |
Mediterranean (about 42N – 05E) on a voyage from Blyth to Civitavecchia. |