Totonno
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The
steamship Caraqua was built by Rijkee & Co in
Rotterdam as build number 94 and launched in December 1899
for the company NV Koninklijke West Indische Maildienst.
She changed owners several times during her career, and
ended up in Italy in 1930 under the name Totonno. In
second world war she was requisitioned by Regia Marina in
June 1940. Under a journey to Dubrovnik loaded with
tractors,machine parts and bicycles for the Italian
troops, she hit an Italian mine after a navigational error
outside the city of Dubrovnik 15.February 1943. The wreck
rest today in two parts on a depth of 23 to 52 meter west
of Dubrovnik near the island Grebeni.
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 Picture: Curaqua Kroonvarders NL 
Last updated: March 2019 |
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