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Name: CAMPANA
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/06/1929
Completed: 07/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1302
Dimensions: 10816grt, 6463nrt, 510.6 x 67.0 x 32.1ft
Engines: 6 x Steam turbines, SR Geared;
(1962: 2 x Oil engines, 10cyl (600 x 800mm))
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend;
(1962: Cant Riuniti del Adriatico, Trieste)
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 15.0knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1929 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles
26/07/1943 Government of Argentina
1943 Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO JACHAL
1946 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles
1946 Renamed CAMPANA
1955 Sicula Oceanica SpA, Palermo; renamed IRPINIA
09/1983 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 100 x 1st, 150 x 2nd class passengers plus 1000 in other classes
Built for the Marseilles to Buenos Aires service
06/1940: Laid up at Buenos Aires
26/07/1943: Requisitioned by the Government of Argentina
1962: Re-engined
05/09/1983: Breaking up commenced at La Spezia by Cant Nav Santa Maria


Above photo as CAMPANA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as CAMPANA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as IRPINIA is courtesy of Photoship

Yorkshire Post, Thursday, 12/06/1930