Name: | SAVAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/08/1913 |
Completed: | 10/1913 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 436 |
Dimensions: | 4264grt, 2616nrt, 370.3 x 50.3 x 26.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 484nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135278 |
History: | |
14/10/1913 | Scrutton, Sons & Co Ltd, London |
1920 | Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool; renamed SPEAKER |
1926 | Soc Algérienne de Nav pour l’Afrique du Nord (Schiaffino et Cie), Algiers |
1926 | Renamed NICOLE SCHIAFFINO |
1937 | Francesco Galli fu Giov, Genoa; renamed GIOVANNI GALLI |
1939 | Cia Ligure di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed SANTA PAOLA |
20/03/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/1943: Seized by German forces at Venice |
20/03/1945: Scuttled at the entrance to Porti di Lido at Venice | |
Subsequently raised and broken up post-war |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 20/08/1913