Category:Albania (ship, 1920)

SS Albania 

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Instance of	steamship hospital ship
Operator	Royal Italian Navy
Manufacturer	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Yard number	479
Shipping port	Liverpool
Country of registry	United Kingdom
Beam	19.5 m
Draft	13.4 m
Length	164.28 m
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger / cargo ship
• Built by: Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock
• Yard No: 479
• Keel laid: 1914
• Launched: 1920.04.17
• Completed: 1920.12
• Length over all: 523.1 ft
• Beam: 64.0 ft
• GT: 12768
• DWT:
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History[edit]

• 1920 Named Albania; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 143704
  • Call sign: KHMG
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
• 1930.03 Renamed California; Flag: Italy
  • Call sign: NHIR, from 1934 ICPO
  • Port: Trieste
  • Owner: Navigazione Libera Triestina SA
• 1937 Owner: Lloyd Triestino
• 1940 Requisitioned by Royal Italian Navy as hospital ship
• 1941.08.11 Beached at Syracuse after being damaged aerial attack by RAF
• 1949.01 Scrapped