FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name POLLENZO (laid down as WAR RELIEF)
Type Cargo 
Yard Number 12
Launched 20/12/1919
Completed 04/1920
Off. Number 144424
Engine builder Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Ltd., Wallsend
Engine type 2 x steam turbines
GRT 6521
Length (feet) 412.4
Beam (feet) 55.6
First owner Lloyd Sabaudo Soc. Anon per Azioni, Genoa (laid down for The Shipping Controller)
History 1927 Soc. Anon. Parodi & Corrado, Genoa
1929 Corrado S.A. di Nav., Genoa
10/06/1940 beached and interned at Algeciras, Spain; 1944 as prize to Great Britain; 1945 sold to be broken up - but returned to service 1946
  1946 ALCANTARA, Soc. de Nav. Oceanica, Panama
  1950 F. H. De Oliveira & Co., Panama
   
Fate 24/10/1950 aground off Keteplaat in the River Schelde; 27/10/1950 refloated, laid up pending repair;
24/06/951 arrived at Briton Ferry for breaking.

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