SS Italia (1904)
SS Italia was a French passenger steamship that was built as a civilian ship in 1904. It was used for Transatlantic Immigration from Italy to America likely from Genoa or Naples to New York, until it was requisitioned by the French Navy in the First World War as an armed boarding steamer, and sunk by an Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boat in 1917.
Building
The Compagnie Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval built Italia in Nantes, completing her in 1904. Her registered length was, her beam was, her depth was and her tonnages were and. She had two screws, each driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine. Between them her twin engines were rated at 305 NHP and gave her a speed of.Italias owner was the Compagnie Marseillaise de Navigation à Vapeur, and her managers were Fraissinet et Compagnie. They registered her at Marseille. Her code letters were JPKF. By 1914 Italia was equipped for wireless telegraphy. Her call sign was FRI.