| The WASHINGTON was a 2,833 gross ton ship built in 1880 by A.Stephen
& Sons, Glasgow for Florio & Co. of Palermo. Her
details were length 352.1ft x beam 38.1ft, clipper stem, one funnel,
three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots.
There was accommodation for 20-1st, 24-2nd and 500-3rd class
passengers. Launched on 26th May 1880, she sailed on her maiden voyage
from Palermo for New York on 19th August 1880. She started her last
voyage on this service on 14th August 1881 (6 round voyages) and then
the Navigazione
Generale Italiana was formed by the amalgamation of Florio
and Rubattino of Genoa. The WASHINGTON commenced saiiling for this new
company on 13th Oct. 1881 when she sailed from Palermo for Messina and
New York. She commenced her last voyage from Naples to New York on 27th
May 1884 and was then transferred to the South America service. In 1885
she was used for transport services to Eritrea and in 1896 was rebuilt
with triple expansion engines and her masts reduced to two. On 29th
April 1901 she commenced sailings between Genoa, Naples and New York
and on 20th July 1903 sailed from Genoa for New York on the last of 21
round voyages for NGI on the North Atlantic. On 28th March 1905 she was
chartered to La
Veloce of Genoa and commenced the first of two Genoa - New
York sailings. In 1910 she went to Soc.Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi
and in 1913 went to Sitmar Line. She was torpedoed and sunk on 23rd May
1916 by the German submarine U.39, off Piombino, Italy. [North Atlantic
Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.1111] |
I'm
guessing that this is Dontangelo
Carlino who was really 17 years old.
