British Passenger/cargo liner ASCANIUS (2), imo 11313127 155,30m/ 10.048gt/ 14kn; 1271910 completed by Workman Clark & Co., Ltd, Belfast, for Ocean Steamship Co., Ltd., Liverpool;1914 troopship; 1940 troopship; 30/07/1940 she was torpedoed but managed to reach Liverpool, where she was repaired; Early pre-war days she had transported Jewish emigrants from Marseilles to Haifa; 1949 SAN GIOVANNINO, Cia di Navigazioni Florencia SA, Panama;20/07/1952 arrived La Spezia for breaking up.
Unknown artist - Blue Funnel p/c edition |