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Name: ROMSDAL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/07/1891
Completed: 08/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 272
Dimensions: 2059grt, 1340nrt, 285.7 x 39.0 x 16.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33.5 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98285
History:
08/1891 GW Allen & Co, South Shields
1894 Breconshire Steamship Co Ltd (Thompson, Elliott & Co), South Shields
1901 Agenoria SS Co Ltd (F Childs & Co), South Shields
1902 Francesco Greco fu S, Messina; renamed SICILIANO
1917 GE Salvagno & Nipoti, Venice; renamed BANDIERA E MORO
23/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 23/04/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U35, 50 miles W of Tangier
On a voyage from Spain to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore


Above photo as BANDIERA E MORO courtesy of Richard Cox