11,669 Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia
She suffered a crankcase explosion in her port B&W propulsion diesel engine, which ignited diesel fuel from the fractured fuel lines. Sank Mediterranean 22 Jan 1940. Rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather & over 100 people died in the blaze
Image attribution: Paolo Piccione
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