1917 collision CAVOUR and CAPRERA (amended)

[davidships]

On 12 December 1917 Italian passenger liner CAVOUR ex-FLORIDA (built 1905 and by then owned by Transatlantica Italiana S.A. di Navigazione (Ansaldo Group) sank just off the Catalonian coast, near L'Ametlla de Mar after collision with the Italian "auxiliary cruiser CAPRERA".

Was that the Italian State Railways CAPRERA of 1910?
Anyone know what they were doing and what happened?


Ooops. I sould have written CAVOUR ex-FLORIDA

[jan-olof]

Hello David,

have you checked this link, https://www.segre.com/noticies/guia/202 ... _1111.html

Best regards,

Jan-Olof

[LColombo]

Yes, it was the 1910 Caprera. Several FS ships, being faster than most merchant vessels, were requisitioned as auxiliary cruisers during the First World War (Città di Catania, Città di Siracusa, Città di Palermo, Città di Messina, Città di Sassari...)

[davidships]

Belated thanks to you both - very helpful.