SS Sagamore
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1893-1911: Sagamore 1911-1916: Solideo 1916-1917 Ilva |
| Operator: |
1893-1896: Belgian American Maritime Co 1896-1916: Cogneti Schiaffino 1916-1917: A Piaggio |
| Builder: | William Doxford & Sons |
| Yard number: | 218 |
| Launched: | 15 June 1893 |
| Completed: | September 1893 |
| Fate: | torpedoed off Spain on 4 May 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,140 tons |
| Length: | 94.8 m pp |
| Beam: | 11.6 m |
SS Sagamore was the only British built whaleback freighter.
History
Built under license from Alexander McDougall (1845–1923), the Sagamore was refused entry to England. She was owned by the Belgian American Maritime Co (which was restyled the Belgian Maritime Trading Co SA). In 1896 she was sold again to Cogneti Schiaffino of Genoa, Italy and renamed Solideo in 1911. She was renamed again as Ilva in 1916 and finally purchased by A Piaggio of Genoa in 1916. She was sailing between Genoa and Barry Roads when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off the coast of Spain on 4 May 1917 by UC-69. There were no casualties.
