Category:Algoa (ship, 1896)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo steamship
• Built by: William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Pallion
• Yard No: 237
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1896.01.14
• Completed: 1896.03
• Length over all: 455.0 ft
• Beam: 58.0 ft
• GRT: 7575
• DWT:
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History[edit]

• 1896 Named Algoa; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 105377
  • Signal letters: PGFL
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: Algoa S.S. Co. Ltd. - Crow, Rudolf & Co., Liverpool
• 1900 Owner: A. N. Smith - Pacific Mail S.S. Co., Liverpool
• 1907 Owner: Algoa S.S. Co. Ltd., Liverpool
• 1914 Renamed California; Flag: United States
  • Port: San Francisco
  • Owner: J. A. Hooper
• 1916 Owner: Harby S.S. Co. Inc.
  • Port: New York City
• 1919 Flag: France
  • Signal letters: ODXU
  • Port: La Rochelle
  • Owner: French Government, La Rochelle
• 1923 Renamed Giovanni; Flag: Italy
  • Signal letters: NRVU
  • Port: Genoa
  • Owner: Soc. Anon. Industrie Navali Edilizie, Genoa
• 1927 Renamed Giuan; Flag: Italy
  • Signal letters: NRWX
  • Port: Genoa
  • Owner: Industrie Navali S.A., Genoa
• 1931.08 Renamed Carbonili Genovesi; Flag: Italy
  • Hulked in Genoa
  • Port: Genoa
  • Owner: Soc. Anon. Carbonili Genovesi, Genoa
• 1943.09.08 Scuttled as blockship in Genoa