Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
Westbound. Departed Liverpool April 3 for Tampico, Mexico. On April 15 passed two small icebergs about five miles apart.
Later that day at 41.26N, 49.36W, encountered the southern edge of a very large ice field containing about 30 bergs of various sizes. The field "appeared to be 17 miles long."
Data:
August 21, 1891
Launched for West India & Pacific Steamship Co., Ltd.
September 23, 1891
Trial trip; achieved speed of
14 knots
December 31, 1899
Acquired by F. Leyland
February 1913
Sold to Italian owners, Chiara & A. Danvoe. Registered at
Genoa. Renamed Vittorio
1918
Sold to Vassalo & Narizzano, Genoa, Italy
1919
Soc. Vittorio, Leghorn, Italy
1920
Vittorio Societa Anonima di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy
1923
Soc. Di Navigazione Roma, Genoa, Italy. Renamed Congo
1924
Deleted from Register
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