Name: | LEOPOLDINA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/09/1901 |
Completed: | 10/1901 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 356 |
Dimensions: | 3304grt, 2070nrt, 331.0 x 47.1 x 25.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/1901 | Leopoldina Steamship Co Ltd (G Racic), Ragusa |
1907 | Nav a Vap ‘Unione’ (G Racic), Ragusa |
1909 | Manager became G Jelich |
1920 | Dubrovacka Parobrodsko Plovidba, Ragusa |
1923 | Registered at Dubrovnik; renamed SREBRENO |
02/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/12/1940: Wrecked at Kalafat, 38 miles SE of Dubrovnik |
On a voyage from Dubrovnik to Mersin in ballast | |
02/01/1941: Aft section sank after breaking in two & the rest broke up over time |
Above photo as SREBRENO is copyright of the Dubrovnik Maritime Museum
Above photo as SREBRENO is copyright of the Dubrovnik Maritime Museum
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 05/09/1901