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TAORMINA και ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ (1891)
Taormina was an Italian ship that was covering the East Mediterranean route. She was built by Gourlay Bros. for the Trinacria Steamship Company in 1873. She had 1,594 tons.
On 24 October 1876 the firm of I. & V. Florio bought her along with 13 other steamers belonging to the Trinacria Steamship Company of Palermo, which had gone into liquidation. In 1881 she was transferred to the Navigazione Generale Italiana.
In 1891, she sunk in collision with Thessalia off Cape Sounion with the loss of 40 lives. She was doing teh route Constantinople-Piraeus and was close to Gaidouronissi when she was hit in the left side of the bow by the Greek Thessalia. The following Italian text of 1891 describes the sinking.
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The sinking of Agrigento of Trinacria due to a collision with Hylton Castle
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Taormina was an Italian ship that was covering the East Mediterranean route. She was built by Gourlay Bros. for the
Trinacria Steamship Company in 1873. She had 1,594 tons.
On 24 October 1876 the firm of
I. & V. Florio bought her along with 13 other steamers belonging to the Trinacria Steamship Company of Palermo, which had gone into liquidation. In 1881 she was transferred to the
Navigazione Generale Italiana.
In 1891, she sunk in collision with
Thessalia off Cape Sounion with the loss of 40 lives. She was doing teh route Constantinople-Piraeus and was close to Gaidouronissi when she was hit in the left side of the bow by the Greek
Thessalia. The following Italian text of 1891 describes the sinking.
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Trinacria Steamship Company of Palermo was an old Sicilian company that went to liquidation in 1876 after the tragic loss of Agrigento of the same company in June 1876 close to Cape Maleas. The tragic sinking was reported in the Greek newspaper Chronographos or Le Chroniquer of March 25 (old Cal.) 1876.
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Another article from June 22, 1876 was published in the Newcastle Chronicle.
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Agrigento (Akragas in Greek) was built in 1870 by Gourlay Bros of Dundee, Scotland and has 996 tons, 70.7 m length and 8.9 m width