Name: | CITTÀ DI VENEZIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/09/1890 |
Completed: | 11/1890 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 158 |
Dimensions: | 3552grt, 2415nrt, 377.1 x 44.3 x 25ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (30, 50 & 79 x 54ins), 549nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97952 |
History: | |
15/11/1890 | Fratelli Lavarello fu GB, Genoa |
1891 | CS Swan & Hunter, Newcastle |
1892 | W Ruys & Zonen, Rotterdam; renamed SPARTAN |
1893 | Government of Chile, Valparaiso |
1894 | Renamed ANGAMOS |
06/07/1928 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Built for the emigrant trade from Genoa to South America |
Basic accommodation for about 2000 x passengers & emigrants | |
1891: Owners became CS Swan & Hunter due to the liquidation of owners | |
06/07/1928: Wrecked in the Gulf of Arauco off Porto Morguillas, south of Lebu | |
On a voyage from Magallanes to Northern Chile with coal and passengers | |
Only 7 of the 269 x passengers & crew were rescued |
Above photo as SPARTAN is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 19/09/1890