SS Tavolara (1910)

History

Owner:	1910 Ferrovie dello Stato, Civitavecchia 1926 Cia Sardia di Armamento e Navigazione, Genoa 1937 'Tirrenia' SA di Nav 1940 Italian Navy requisition 1943 Seized by Germany 9/1943, Kriegsmarine hospital ship 1946 'Tirrenia' SA di Nav., Genoa
Builder:	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland
Yard number:	292
Launched:	10 March 1910
Fate:	Sunk by air attack on 10 June 1944, raised and repaired. Scrapped at Palermo
General characteristics
Type:	Passenger ship
Length:	153.9 feet (BP)
Beam:	26.6 feet
Installed power:	Steam, triple expansion
Propulsion:	Single screw
Speed:	12 knots

The Italian passenger liner SS Tavolara was built in May 1910. It was renamed in 1910 as Terra Nova and in 1928 as Limbara.^[1] The ship was rebuilt during World War II and on 1 February 1944 commissioned as the German hospital ship Innsbruck. It was used for 84 patients. The ship was sunk during an air raid on 9–10 June 1944 at the pier in Trieste.

References

↑ Shipping Times

Ships built by A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow

Merchant ships	Alexandra Blanche Brisbane Bruselas Camorta Cawarra Cheduba Clyde Empire Belgrave Empire Bute Empire Campden Empire Coppice Empire Deep Empire Dombey Empire Fay Empire Fitzroy Empire Gat Empire Grosvenor Empire Gypsy Empire Harvest Empire Jura Empire Orkney Empire Shetland Empire Spinney Empire Tedship Empire Tedmuir Empire Tedport Empire Tedrita Erin's Isle Erl King Hankow Iverna Karagola Lady Sylvia Lincoln Castle Maid of Argyll Maid of Skelmorlie Maid of the Loch Norah Creina Norman Court North Carr Pioneer Safra El-Bahr Sirsa Talisman Tavolara Tredagh Vanadis Waroonga Waverley Weeroona

Warships	HMS Candytuft

Cancelled ships	Empire Tedellen Empire Tedfay Empire Tedflora Empire Tedmount Empire Tedrose

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944

Shipwrecks	1 Jun: USS Herring 3 Jun: U-477, Coburg 5 Jun: USS Osprey 6 Jun: USS Corry, USS LCI(L)-93, Minazuki, USS PC-1261, HNoMS Svenner 7 Jun: HMS Centurion, Empire Defiance, Hayanami, USS Susan B. Anthony, USS Tide, U-629, U-955 8 Jun: Harusame, James Iredell, Kazagumo, HMS Lawford, USS Rich, U-373, U-441, U-970, West Grama 9 Jun: Courbet, Dover Hill, Empire Bunting, HMS Durban, Empire Flamingo, Matsukaze, USS Meredith, HNLMS Sumatra, Tanikaze, Z32, ZH1 10 Jun: USS Glennon, Innsbruck, Mistral, U-821 11 Jun: USS Partridge, U-980 12 Jun: Kainan Maru, HMS Sickle, U-490 13 Jun: HMS Boadicea, U-715 14 Jun: USS Golet 15 Jun: HMS Blackwood, M 507, Shiratsuyu, U-860, U-987 18 Jun: Albert C. Field, U-767 19 Jun: I-184, Shōkaku, Taihō 20 Jun: Hiyō, HMAS Matafele 21 Jun: Bolzano, HMS Fury 22 Jun: I-185 24 Jun: Derrycunihy, I-52, U-971, U-1225 25 Jun: U-269 26 Jun: U-317, U-719 29 Jun: Toyama Maru, Tsugaru, U-988, USS Valor 30 Jun: U-478, Nikkin Maru Unknown date: Bosna, USS LCT-209, U-740

Other incidents	6 Jun: HMS Wrestler 7 Jun: USS Meredith 11 Jun: HMS Halsted 16 Jun: U-998 23 Jun: HMS Scylla 25 Jun: HMS Glasgow, HMS Goodson 26 Jun: Gorizia

1943 1944 1945 May 1944 July 1944

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