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Name: LA ROSARINA
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/12/1911
Completed: 07/1912
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 812
Dimensions: 8345grt, 4897nrt, 440.0 x 58.8 x 35.7ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (25, 41.4 & 70 x 48ins), 1045nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132823
History:
27/06/1912 British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Furness Houlder Ltd), West Hartlepool
1934 Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1937 Renamed ROSARINA
01/1938 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for a small number of 1st Class passengers & 400 x emigrants
01/1938: Broken up at Osaka, Japan


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Belfast News-Letter, Thursday, 21/12/1911