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Name: SALONA
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 25/08/1904
Completed: 10/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 716
Dimensions: 936grt, 575nrt, 225.0 x 30.1 x 13.7ft
Engines: Q4cyl (17, 24, 36 & 52 x 36ins), 203nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1904 Soc in Azioni Ungaro Croata di Nav Marittime a Vap, Fiume
1914 Government of Austria
1919 Soc in Azioni Croata di Nav Marittime a Vap, Fiume
1922 Jadranska Plovidba DD, Susak
1931 Renamed LJUBLJANA
1941 Italian Government, Fiume; renamed LUBIANA
1945 Jadranska Plovidba DD, Susak; renamed LJUBLJANA
14/05/1945 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 65 x 1st class & 24 x 2nd class passengers
1914: Requisitioned by the Austrian Navy as an armed supply ship
1919: Returned to owners
04/1941: Seized by Italy at Split
14/05/1945: Mined & sunk in Bahar Bay near Rijeka


Above photos as SALONA courtesy of Magyar Hajózásért Egyesület

Above photos as SALONA courtesy of Magyar Hajózásért Egyesület

Above photos as SALONA courtesy of Magyar Hajózásért Egyesület

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 27/08/1904