Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Italian ship fire

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian liner 'Ausonia' ablaze - watercolour 1935

On October 18th, 1935, the Italian passenger/cargo ship AUSONIA, built in 1928 by G. Ansaldo & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in a fire off Alexandria and beached. Considered a total loss, the wreck of AUSONIA was sold and broken up in 1936. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?169295
On October 18th, 1935, the Italian passenger/cargo ship AUSONIA, built in 1928 by G. Ansaldo & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in a fire off Alexandria and beached. Considered a total loss, the wreck of AUSONIA was sold and broken up in 1936. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16
 
October 18th, 1935, the Italian passenger/cargo ship AUSONIA, built in 1928 by G. Ansaldo & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in a fire off Alexandria and beached. Considered a total loss, the wreck of AUSONIA was sold and broken up in 1936. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.a