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Name: GALTEE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/1881
Completed: 1881
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 93
Dimensions: 508grt, 292nrt, 165.0 x 25.4 x 12.9ft; (1890: 571grt, 276nrt, 182.5ft)
Engines: C2cyl (22 & 40 x 30ins), 70nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63380
History:
1881 Waterford Steam Shipping Co Ltd (James Connington, manager); registered at Waterford
1890 Gregory B Wadsworth; registered at Goole
1900 T Evans; registered at Llanelli
1903 W Stone & W Coombs, Llanelli
1910 William W Coombs, Llanelli
1919 Torbryan Steamship Co Ltd, Glasgow
1926 G D’Arrigo Mancusco, Catania, Italy; renamed CINZIA
1928 F Mezzina, Molfetta, Italy; renamed CITTA DI MOLFETTA
1931 Paolo de Gennaro, Molfetta; renamed GIOCONDA
05/11/1931 Broken up
Comments: 1890: Lengthened to 182.5ft
09/05/1900: Wrecked on the Black Middens rocks North Shields
Later salved and returned to service.
05/09/1931: Sank after a collision with STAMPALIA (1228g/1907)
in Ancona harbour
05/11/1931: Refloated and broken up at Ancona