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Name: ADAMELLO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/09/1920
Completed: 12/1920
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 255
Dimensions: 5890grt, 3774nrt, 399.9 x 52.9 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 572nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1920 Lloyd Adriatico Soc di Nav, Venice
1929 Soc Anon Cooperativa di Nav 'Garibaldi', Venice & Genoa
09/1941 Government of Uruguay
1941 Admin Nacional de Puertos, Montevideo; renamed MONTEVIDEO
09/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 10/06/1940: Laid up at Montevideo
09/1941: Requisitioned by the Uruguayan Government
09/03/1942: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by Italian submarine
ENRICO TAZZOLI in 29.13N - 69.35W on a voyage from Montevideo to New York
with a cargo of canned meat, wool and hides


Above photo as ADAMELLO