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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