Spanish pass/cargo vessel INFANTA CRISTINA, imo 5606969/ 115,5m/ 4.602gt/ 2xdiesel Burmeister & Wain/ 15kn/ pax 560/ double bottom; 07/1929 completed by Cantieri Navale Triestino, Mofalcone, for Compa?ia Trasmediterr?nea, Barcelona which employed her Barcelona/Baleares/Canarias service; 1931 CIUDAD DE CADIZ, Compa?ia Trasmediterr?nea, Barcelona, name altered due monarch to republican government changes; 15/08/1937 sunk at Agean Sea by torpedo and gunfire by Italian submarine FERRARIS at Spanish nationalist forces service, while in transit Odessa/Barcelona with food, oil and vehicles. All on board saved by a USSR oil tanker and a Danish freighter.
Photo: unknown author ? owner?s advert. Brochure ? my collection |