Yard number 218 Length 94.8 m pp Tonnage 1.941 million kg | Completed September 1893 Launched 15 June 1893 Builder William Doxford & Sons | |
Name 1893-1911 Sagamore
1911-1916 Solideo
1916-1917 Ilva Operator 1893-1896 Belgian American Maritime Co
1896-1916 Cogneti Schiaffino
1916-1917 A Piaggio Fate torpedoed off Spain on 4 May 1917 | ||
SS Sagamore was the only British built whaleback freighter.
History
Built under licence from Alexander McDougall (1845–1923), the Sagamore was refused entry to England. She was owned by the Belgian American Maritime Co (which was restyled the Belgian Maritime Trading Co SA). In 1896 she was sold again to Cogneti Schiaffino of Genoa, Italy and renamed Solideo in 1911. She was renamed again as Ilva in 1916 and finally purchased by A Piaggio of Genoa in 1916. She was sailing between Genoa and Barry Roads when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off the coast of Spain on 4 May 1917 by UC-69. There were no casualties.
References
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