| Name: | TITAN |
| Launched: | 19/04/1909 |
| Completed: | 06/1909 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 594 |
| Dimensions: | 119grt, 17nrt, 90.1 x 18.1 x 9.2ft; (by 1930: 115grt, 18nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (11 & 24 x 16ins), 56nhp, 370ihp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1909 | Ditta D Tripcovich Società di Armamento e Agenzia Marittima, Trieste, Austro-Hungary |
| by 1918 | Titan Steamship Co (Diodata Tripcovich), Trieste |
| 01/03/1924 | Registered at Trieste, Italy |
| by 1930 | D Tripcovich e Ci Societa di Navigagione Rimorchi e Salvataggi per Azione, Trieste |
| 1952 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1915: Requisitioned by Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 1919: Returned to owners | |
| 14/05/1940: Requisitioned by Italian Navy, service at Messina | |
| 04/1941: In service at Taranto as auxiliary minelayer, pennant G 34 | |
| Later to salvage service in Greece | |
| 09/09/1943: Confiscated by the German Kriegsmarine at Piraeus | |
| 02/1944: Based at Portolago dockyard, Leros | |
| 18/06/1944: Sunk at Portolago by British Royal Marine commandos | |
| 07/1944: Raised by D Tripcovich and repaired | |
| 08/02/1945: Returned to service as an inspection vessel | |
| Serving with the Dodekanes Kustenschutzflottille as GD 03 | |
| 09/05/1945: Taken by British forces | |
| 07/08/1945: Returned to Italian Navy | |
| 09/10/1945: At Taranto and returned to owners | |
| 12/1946: Resumed salvage duties | |
| 1952: Broken up at Servola, Trieste | |
| Breaking by Società Industriali Demolizioni Riparazioni Marittime (Sidemar) | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo, taken at Trieste, is courtesy of David Asprey. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey