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Name: MONTE SANTO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1920
Completed: 08/1920
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 246
Dimensions: 5854grt, 3699nrt, 399.7 x 52.9 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 572nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1920 Lloyd Adriatico Soc di Nav, Venice
1929 Soc Anon Cooperativa di Nav garibaldi, Venice & Genoa
1940 Government of Argentina
1941 Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO COLORADO
1955 La Austral SA Comercial, Industrial y Martima, Buenos Aires
1955 Renamed COLORADO
08/04/1960 Broken up
Comments: 10/06/1940: Laid up at Buenos Aires
08/04/1960: Arrived for breaking up at Trieste


Above photo as RIO COLORADO copyright of Histarmar