Name: | ROMSDAL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/07/1891 |
Completed: | 08/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 272 |
Dimensions: | 2059grt, 1340nrt, 285.7 x 39.0 x 16.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33.5 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 98285 |
History: | |
08/1891 | GW Allen & Co, South Shields |
1894 | Breconshire Steamship Co Ltd (Thompson, Elliott & Co), South Shields |
1901 | Agenoria SS Co Ltd (F Childs & Co), South Shields |
1902 | Francesco Greco fu S, Messina; renamed SICILIANO |
1917 | GE Salvagno & Nipoti, Venice; renamed BANDIERA E MORO |
23/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/04/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U35, 50 miles W of Tangier |
On a voyage from Spain to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as BANDIERA E MORO courtesy of Richard Cox