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Queen Tailte - (1924-1930)
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"Queen Tailte"
Completed; 06.1914; Gross tons 5,088
Built by J.Frerichs & Co., AG, Einswarden, as Steana Romana.
Measurements: 388 feet length x 52 feet breadth.
Engines: T3cyl (aft).
1921: Westwego.
1924: Same name (Irish American).
1930: Marangona (5,257 gt).
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
STEAUA ROMANA-1914 RO 1T (aft) (11)
5,275 Steaua Romana (Deutsche Petroleum Ges., mgrs.), Constantza 387.0 x 51.7
Tanker J. Frerichs & Co. A.G., Einswarden (6) #269
(req. by German Navy 8/14 - released to American owners Sept 1914)
1914 - WESTWEGO Union Petroleum SS. Co., Philadelphia US 212917
1925 - QUEEN TAILTE Irish American Oil Co., Ltd., Dublin EI 146416
1930 - MARANGONA Soc. Anon. Imprese Navali ed Affini, Venice IT 237
1935 - Cia. Industrie Marittime Affini Roma - C.I.M.A.R., Venice
1939 - Cia. Italiana Maritima, Venice
Mined and sunk 10 Dec 1940, in 36.13N-11.59E (27 miles south of Pantelleria), voy. Tripoli - Palermo.