FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | CITTĄ DI MESSINA |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 2 |
| Launched | 15/07/1920 |
| Completed | 11/1920 |
| Off. Number | 197 |
| Engine builder | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Middlesbrough |
| Engine type | T 3-cyl |
| GRT | 5886 |
| Length (feet) | 400 |
| Beam (feet) | 53 |
| First owner | Fratelli Peirce, Naples |
| History | 1926 KING ROBERT, Scottish S.S. Co. (Dodd, Thomson & Co.), London |
| Fate | At 03.48 hours on 29 Jan, 1941, KING ROBERT (Master Leslie Trail) in convoy SC-19 was torpedoed and sunk by U-93 south of Rockall. The master and 21 crew members were picked up by HMS Anthony (H 40) (LtCdr V.C.F. Clark) and landed at Gourock. 20 crew members were picked up by HMS Lady Madeleine (FY 283) (Lt P.H. Potter) and also landed at Gourock. (http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/746.html) |
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