Name: | CITTA DI GENOVA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/02/1889 |
Completed: | 04/04/1889 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 231 |
Dimensions: | 1917grt, 1236nrt, 1190dwt, 300.0 x 35.3 x 17.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 43.5 & 71 x 48ins), 349nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.9knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
04/04/1889 | Soc di Nav Italia Fratelli Lavarello, Genoa |
1891 | La Veloce Navigazione Italiana a Vapore, Genoa |
1898 | Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM), Marseilles |
1899 | Renamed SAVOIE |
01/1927 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £33300; Loss £1330 |
Carried 1100 x emigrants | |
Route - Genoa to (St Vincent for bunkers), Montevideo, Buenos Aires & Rosario | |
02/1891: Company went into liquidation | |
24/02/1915: Requisitioned for use as a transport for the East Expeditionary Corps and renamed SAVOIE II | |
05/1916: Transported the Serbian army from Corfu to Thessaloniki | |
15/07/1916: Returned to owners | |
26/09/1916: In collision with and sank ENRICO MILLO in the W Mediterranean | |
01/1927: Broken up at La Seyne sur Mer |
Above photo as SAVOIE courtesy of Photoship