| Name: | ROSARIO |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 17/09/1887 |
| Completed: | 04/11/1887 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 219 |
| Dimensions: | 1790grt, 1159nrt, 1222dwt, 282.0 x 35.2 x 17.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 330nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.6knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 04/11/1887 | Soc di Nav Italiana Fratelli Lavarello fu Gio Batta, Genoa |
| 1891 | La Veloce Nav Italiana, Genoa |
| 1898 | Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Marseilles; renamed DJURJURA |
| 14/12/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Contract Price £28200; Profit £1012-1s-7d |
| Accommodation for 48 x 1st, 40 x 2nd, 40 x 3rd Class and 1,065 emigrants | |
| Originally to be named ROSARIO DI SANTE FE | |
| Route Genoa to Montevideo, Buenos Aires & Rosario (via St Vincent for bunkers) | |
| 02/1891: Fratelli Lavarello in liquidation | |
| 1894: Route Genoa, Marseilles, Barcelona, Tenerife, La Guaira & Colon (Panama) | |
| 1898: Route changed to Marseille to Algeria | |
| 1910: Re-boilered in Marsilles | |
| 27/05/1902: Ran aground in thick fog at Sperona (Sardinia), refloated with little damage | |
| 03/1915: Employed to ferry troops for the Dardanelles Expedition | |
| 14/12/1915: Sank after collision with Canadian Pacific’s EMPRESS OF BRITAIN off Malta | |
| On a voyage from Salonika to Marseilles in ballast |
Above photo as DJURJURA is courtesy of Marc Terraillon
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