SPARTA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date8 July 1913
Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 215 3/6' x breadth 30 7/12' x depth 15'
gross tonnage: 982 ton
gross tonnage: 982 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002225
Keywords
Yard Number: 531.
Subsequent Names: SRBIN (1923); COSTANTINO BORSINI (1940)
Fate: Vessel reported sunk by a mine off Glavotok Point, Veglia on 6 June 1947. Ship was refloated and condemned as a total loss.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Passenger and cargo steamer, 1 deck and shade deck.
Owners:
1913: Societa in Azioni Ungaro, Croata di Nav., Maritima a VAP in Fiume, Hungary (North East of the Adriatic sea).
1917: Used as an army transport on the Albanian routes, by the K.u.K Seetransportsleitung (Imperial and Royal Maritime Transport Line i.e. a transport for Aurtria-Hungary).
1920: temporarily under the French Government as a war prize.
1923/24: owned by Jadranska Plovitba Soc. in Anzioni di Nav. Registered in Susak, Yugoslavia.
1939/40: same owner in Susak but managed by Overseas Navigation Trust, Ltd, Stone House, Bishops Gate, London, EC2.
04/1941: Seized by Italian govt.
10/1943: in Allied hands, managed by H. Hogarth & Sons, as the Ministry of War Transport nominee.
Notes:
Triple expansion 3 cylinder steam engine manufactured by Hall Russell & Co. - 198 H.P.
2 single ended boilers by Hall Russell - 180 lb p.s.i. and 100 lb p.s.i.
See also: https://www.hajoregiszter.hu/datasheet/srbin_excostantino_borsini_exsrbin_exsparta/1312 [accessed 28/02/2023]
November 1908
