Maritime record TR 44 NW 31 - Francesco Ciampa

Summary

ITALIAN MERCHANT STEAMSHIP, 1927

Location

Grid reference TR 4384 4666 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR44NW
District DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Sank following collision with the Danish SS CIGNE, on passage from the Tyne to the Canary Islands. The accident happened at 10.31am about 1.5 miles SE x 0.5 S of the South Goodwin light vessel. She sank within ten to fifteen minutes, all her crew being saved by the SIGNE, which had her stern stove in and her forepeak flooded. Year Built: 1899 Builder: T Turnbull and Son Machinery: Blair and Co., Stockton Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Engine HP: 282 Boilers: 2 Construction: p.deck 30ft.; b.deck 104ft., f.castle 32ft.; 1 x deck Owner: F S Ciampa and Figli Crew: 30 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012302922; LCR.1927 p7(f); DOD.1990 Ed. p253;TT.12.02.1927(Sat)(R)


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 1994 12:00AM