TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



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