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Name: RITA
Launched: 03/08/1892
Completed: 09/1892
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 142
Dimensions: 142grt, 0nrt, 95.0 x 20.7 x 8.9ft; (1917: 148grt, 49nrt)
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (13 & 26 x 20ins), 60nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101928; (1917: 138919)
History:
1892 Mason & Barry Ltd, London
by 1896 Registered at Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal
1XXX Unknown overseas owners; renamed RITTA
01/09/1917 Smith, Imossi & Co, Gibraltar; renamed COMETA
1961 Broken up
Comments: 1961: Broken up at Gibraltar


Above photo as COMETA is courtesy of Nick Vinales

Above photo as COMETA is copyright of Cyril Perrier