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Name: GERANIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/09/1909
Completed: 10/1909
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 166
Dimensions: 4940grt, 3083nrt, 390.0 x 52.5 x 27.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 72 x 48ins), 415nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1909 Gerania SS Co Ltd (D Tripcovich), Trieste
01/08/1914 Government of Russia
1914 Imperial Russian Navy; renamed TUAPSE
27/06/1918 Government of Germany
08/1918 Gerania SS Co Ltd (D Tripcovich), Trieste; renamed GERANIA
1926 Cia Generale G Tripcovich SA, Trieste
1932 D Tripcovich & Ci, SA di Navigazione, Rimorchi e Salvataggi, Trieste
06/1933 Broken up
Comments: 01/08/1914: Seized by Russia at Mariupol
1914: Operated as transport N18 for the Imperial Russian Navy
27/06/1918: Seized by Germany at Sevastopol
08/1918: Returned to owners
29/05/1933 Sailed from Trieste under tow to Venice
06/1933: Broken up at Venice