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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