Name: | DILWARA |
Launched: | 04/09/1895 |
Completed: | 10/1895 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 166 |
Dimensions: | 141grt, 34nrt, 100.4 x 20.2 x 10.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (18, 38 x 24ins), 65rhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105748 |
History: | |
12/1895 | United Steam Tug Co, London |
1907 | Impresa Gius Fogliotti, Genoa; renamed PIETRO MICCA |
193x | Giuseppe Merlino, Naples |
196x | Francesco Merlino, Naples |
197x | Societa Armamento Gestione Navi Agenzia Marittima Srl, Naples |
1996 | Gianluca Spinelli, Friends of Steamships Assoc |
In preservation | |
Comments: | 12/10/1943: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as an auxilliary minesweeper |
16/01/1946: Returned to owners | |
1952: Converted to oil fuel burning | |
1996: Restored by Tecnomar Shipyard at Fiumicino, Rome | |
Available for hire as a luxury yacht |
Above photo as DILWARA is copyright of Royal Museums Greenwich - FC Gould Collection
Above photo as PIETRO MICCA courtesy of A Scrimali
Above photo as PIETRO MICCA courtesy of Navi e Armatori
Above photo as PIETRO MICCA courtesy of Navi e Armatori
Above photo as PIETRO MICCA courtesy of Navi e Armatori