Category:Città di Bengasi (ship, 1917)

Città di Bengasi 

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Instance of	armed merchantman
Named after	Benghazi
Operator	Royal Italian Navy
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger liner
• Built by: Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona
• Yard No:
• Keel laid: 1915
• Launched: 1916
• Completed: 1917
• Length over all: 316.6 ft
• Beam: 41.5 ft
• GRT: 3052, later 2813
• DWT:
• Sister ship: Città di Tripoli
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History[edit]

• 1917 Named Città di Bengasi; Flag: Italy
  • Requisitioned by Regia Marina; converted to armed merchant cruiser
• 1918.12 Owner: Ferrovie dello Stato
  • Call sign: NIWU
  • Port: Palermo
• 1925 Owner: Compagnia Italiana Transatlantica
  • Call sign: NIWU
  • Port: Genoa
• 1932 Owner: Tirrenia Flotte Riunite Florio-Citra
  • Call sign: NIWU, from 1934 IBFH
  • Port: Naples
• 1936 Owner: Tirrenia Società Anonima di Navigazione
  • Call sign: IBFH
  • Port: Naples
  • Requisitioned by Regia Marina as troop transport; returned 1937
• 1943.05.14 Damaged by US air raid at Civitavecchia. Sank in shallow water; raised and repaired
• 1943.09.08 Sunk as blockship in Naples by German troops
  • Raised and scrapped post-war