COLONIAL

Portuguese pass/cargo liner COLONIAL, imo 1143166/ 141m/ 7.988gt/ twin screw/ 14kn/ ___pax; 10/1908 completed by Werft Friederich Krupp AG, Kiel, as YPIRANGA (8.103gt) for Hamburg Amerika Linie, Hamburg; 1919 YPIRANGA, Shipping Controller, London. She was seized by British in Germany on the end of WW1; 1921 ASSYRIA, Anchor Line (Henderson Bros), Ltd., Glasgow; 1929 COLONIAL, Companhia Colonial de Navega??o, Lisbon; 1950 BISCO 9, British Iron & Steel Corp., Ltd., London (scrappers); 17/06/1939 transported the President of Portugal, General Carmona, paying a visit tp Angola, Mozambique and South Africa; 16/09/1950 while en route Liabon/Dalmuir for breaking up, she broke tow and went ashore on the 17/09/1950 3,5 nmiles north Davaar Islands, Campbeltown. Sister-ship MOUSINHO.
Author Unknown ? F. Cabral Collection.