cargo ship ARIZONA

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1928 - 1942

Design features

Arizona (steel cargo ship) 1928 - 1942
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel cargo ship
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1925
name of shipyard : ................Sunderland Ship.
place of construction : ...........Sunderland
year of entering the fleet : ......1928
length (in meters) : ..............133,34
width (in meters) : ...............16,66
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........5457
deadweight (in tons) : ............8849
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............3300
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........11

History

Cargo liner of 8900t, 3rd unit of the series ARICA. Built in Great Britain in 1925 for Harlem S.S. Compagny, English subsidiary company of CGT, and chartered by this one at her time of the delivery. Bought by the CGT from her subsidiary Company and put under the French Flag on October 12, 1928. Laid up in Marseille in 1940, then given to Germany on December 1 1942 following the Laval-Kaufmann agreements. Entrusted to Italy, renamed CHIETI, placed under the control of the Company Adriatica. Sunk by bombardment on April 2, 1943 in Palermo. Reset a float on October 28, 1946, intended to be given in condition for handing over to France, but lost on December 13, 1947 during her towing from Tarente towards a Shipyard in North of Italy.