The Italian steamer DORIDE, 80m/1.507gt/ 8 knots; 08/1897 completed by Henry Koch, Lubeck, as TANGER for Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfs. Rhederei (OPDR), Oldenburg; 1914 TANGER, she was interned in Malaga due outbreak of WWI; 1919 TANGER, she was at the service of an unidentified Le Havre French owner; 1921 TANGER, Shipping Controller, London;1921 STRALSUND, Neue Dampfer Co., Stettin; 1924 STRALSUND, Deutsche Levante Linie; 1926 DORIDE, Navigazione Neptunia, Genoa, which placed her in the Italy/Portugal service; 1938 GIMMA, Servizio Italo Portughese, Genoa; 24/5/1943 GIMMA bombed and sunken in Regio di Calabria; 1947 GIMMA refloated; 1948 PALMAIOLA, Ilva Alti Forni e Accieri d'Italia, Genoa; 1961 broken up at Genoa.
© Unknown photographer. Her master gave the photo to my father, a Douro/Leixões harbour pilot. |