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Name: ITALIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/04/1889
Completed: 05/1889
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 520
Dimensions: 3564grt, 2263nrt, 344.5 x 43.5 x 29.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 48ins), 311nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1889 Hamburg-Amerika Packetfahrt AG, Hamburg
1899 RM Sloman & Co, Hamburg; renamed MILANO
1903 Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg; renamed TENEDOS
1914 Government of Turkey
28/08/1915 Sank
Comments: 1914: Turkish service as a naval transport
28/08/1915: Sank after being torpedoed by submarine HMS E11 off Akbash