IRPINIA (1929) TWO FUNNELS – Passenger Liner / Cruise Ship
10816/1929/Italy
Underway – NDA
This photo probably taken between 1955 and before 1962 when she was rebuilt
Don Smith Collection
Notes:-
Names
SS Campana 1929, SS Rio Jachal 1943, SS Campana 1946, T/v Irpinia 1955 & M/v Irpinia 1962 to 1983
Launched 11.6.1929
Built at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd – Neptune Yard – Low Walker
History:
07/1929 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles
26/07/1943 Government of Argentina
1943. Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO JACHAL
1946 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles
1946 Renamed CAMPANA
1955 Sicula Oceanica SpA, Palermo; renamed IRPINIA
09/1983 Broken up at La Spezia,Italy
