Campanello

Uranium Line

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Length:	470.0 ft.
Breadth:	56.8 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	32.1 ft.
Tonnage:	9,285 (gross)
Engines:	Triple expansion, 6 cyl. (2) 26" (2) 43" (2) 71.0"
Speed:	13 knots
Builder:	Palmers Company, Ltd., Newcastle (Yard No. 755)
Launched:	August 21, 1901
Maiden Voyage:	April 13, 1902
Disposition:	August 24, 1918 (Torpedoed by German submarine off Tory Island. (1 lost.)
Particulars:	Port of Registry: London, England Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Black Company flag: Blue; diagonally quartered with broad white "X", yellow block letters, one in each quadrant U S S C Signal Letters: S T V F Wireless call letters: M G U Details: Steel hull, one funnel, four masts, twin screws, electric lights, wireless.

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Per testimony given at the British Inquiry, was eastbound, New York to Rotterdam, in the disaster area the night of April 14/15. Reported ice at that time at 41.10N. to 42N., extending from 49W. to 50.16W., and drifting south.

Data:

1901

Built as British Empire for British Shipowner's Company, Ltd., (Liverpool).

August 21, 1901

Launched.

November 2, 1901

Sea trials.

April 13, 1902

Maiden voyage, Antwerp - New York - London (arrived May 15).

1906

Sold to Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI); Renamed Campania. Genoa - Naples - New York service.

1910

Sold to Uranium Line. Rotterdam - New York service (1910-1914).

1911

Renamed Campanello.

August 1914

Uranium Line discontinued its North America-Europe service.

1915

Acquired by Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd. Avonmouth - Quebec - Montreal service.

1916

Sold to Cunard Line. Renamed Flavia.

November 26, 1917

Attacked off southwestern Ireland by a German submarine; torpedo missed.

August 24, 1918

Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Tory Island. (1 lost.)

Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.