Colombo
Built
by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Newcastle, England,
1917. 12,003 gross tons; 536 (bp) feet long; 64 feet wide. Steam
quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17 knots.
2,800 passengers (100 first class, 700 second class, 2,000 third
class).
Built
for Sicula-Americana, in 1917 and named San Gennaro. Navigazione
Generale Itlaliana Line, Italian flag, in 1921 and renamed Colombo.
Italy-New York and later Italy-South America service. Transferred
to Italia Line, in 1932. Transferred to Lloyd Triestino in 1937.
Scrapped in 1949.
Colombo
Manifest
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Sofia
Built
by Lloyd Austriaco Shipyard, Trieste, Austria, 1905. 5,491 gross
tons; 360 (bp) feet long; 48 feet wide. Steam triple expansion
engines, twin screw. Service speed 12 knots. 1,630 passengers
(30 first class, 50 second class, 1,550 third class).
Built
for Austro-Americana Line, Austrian flag, in 1905 and named Sofia
Hohenberg. . Trieste-New York service and later Trieste-South
America service. Sold to Cosulich Line, Italian flag, in 1919
and renamed Sofia. Mediterranean-New York service. Scrapped in
1929.
Sofia
Manifest
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