| Name: | EL KANTARA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/03/1932 |
| Completed: | 04/1932 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1418 |
| Dimensions: | 5079grt, 2317nrt, 381.7 x 53.8 x 23.4ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines (2 x (HP, IP & LP)), SR geared |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.0knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 04/1932 | Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Marseilles |
| 09/1939 | Government of France |
| 09/01/1943 | Government of Italy |
| 1943 | Government of Italy ("Adriatica" SA di Navigazione), Venice |
| 1943 | Renamed AQUINO |
| 23/04/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the Port Vendres to Algiers express passenger/cargo service |
| Accommodation for 104 x 1st, 154 x 2nd & 102 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 1939: Requisitioned by the French Navy as an auxiliary cruiser X18 | |
| 09/01/1943: Seized by German forces at Marseilles & handed to Italian Government | |
| 23/04/1943: Bombed & sunk 34 miles NW of Marettimo Island, west of Sicily | |
| On a voyage from Livorno to Tunis |
Above photo as EL KANTARA is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 21/04/1932