Ship Details

Roverbella

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Photo Credit: Vancouver Archives

 
 
Registry #1 140388 (Canada) Registry #2 116 (Italy Registry) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1917 War Dog Name 6
Name 2 1919 Roverbella Name 7
Name 3 1929 Valsugana Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1917 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 308.0' x 45.0' x 24.3'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 3201 Type 1 Freighter, (standard WW1)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 266nhp triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign PFGO
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was ordered by the Kishimoto Steamship Co. of Osaka Japan. She was sold to Dingwall Cotts and Company, London UK but in 1917 she was owned by the Imperial Munitions Board. In 1926-1927 she was owned by Soc. Anon. di Nav. Orientale (in liquidation), Rome Italy. In 1927 she was owned by Soc. di Nav. Unione Italica, Genoa Italy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1933-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel cost $484,000 to construct. This vessel was broken up in 1933 at Genoa Italy.
 
References
Lloyd's Register of Shipping Vol.2 (Appendix) 1927-28; Sawyer, L.A. & W.H. Mitchell (1968); British Standard Ships of World War One; McKee, William C. (1978); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927;
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