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Name: OENOTRIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/05/1891
Completed: 07/1891
Builder: Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 55
Dimensions: 1983grt, 1231nrt, 266.0 x 36.7 x 16.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 187nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97975
History:
07/1891 Oenotria Steam Ship Co Ltd (J Denaro), Newcastle
1893 G Ponza di S Martino (G Ponza & Co), Antwerp
1899 M & A Dall'Orso fu G, La Spezia; renamed CAVOUR
1917 Dall'Orso & Co, La Spezia
09/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 09/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U53, 70 miles SWxW of Tuskar Rock
On a voyage from the Clyde to Genoa with a cargo of coal