SS Tavolara (1910)
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| Career |
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| Owner: |
- 1910 Ferrovie dello Stato, Civitavecchia
- 1926 Cia Sardia di Armamento e Navigazione, Genoa
- 1937 'Tirrenia' SA di Nav
- 1940 Italian Navy requisition
- 1943 Seized by Germany 9/1943, Kreigsmarine hospital ship
- 1946 'Tirrenia' SA di Nav., Genoa
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| Builder: |
A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland |
| Yard number: |
292 |
| Launched: |
10 March 1910 |
| Fate: |
Sunk by air attack on 10 June 1944, raised and repaired. Scrapped at Palermo |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Passenger ship |
| Length: |
153.9 feet (BP) |
| Beam: |
26.6 feet |
| Installed power: |
Steam, triple expansion |
| Propulsion: |
Single screw |
| Speed: |
12 knots |
The Italian passenger liner SS Tavolara was built in May 1910. It was renamed in 1910 as Terra Nova and in 1928 as Limbara. [1] The ship was rebuilt during World War II and on 1 February 1944 commissioned as the German hospital ship Innsbruck. It was used for 84 patients. The ship was sunk during an air raid on 9-10 June 1944 at the pier in Trieste.
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- ^ Shipping Times
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