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Name: POTOMAC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1902
Completed: 04/1902
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 267
Dimensions: 3618grt, 2355nrt, 348.5 x 45.3 x 18ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 315nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115127
History:
04/1902 British Maritime Trust Ltd, West Hartlepool
1910 Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1915 Sale & Co, London
1916 Potomac SS Co Ltd (Century SS Co Ltd), London
1919 Soc di Navigazione Lloyd Meridionale, Palermo
1920 Soc di Navigazione Roma, Genoa; renamed ROVIGNO
05/10/1922 Wrecked
Comments: 05/10/1922: Wrecked 60 miles south of Rio Grande
On a voyage from Gulfport to Buenos Aires with a cargo of timber


Above photo as POTOMAC courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as POTOMAC courtesy of Richard Cox