Totonno
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The
steamship Caraqua was laid down by Rijkee & Co in
Rotterdam as yard number 94, and was 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 ownership in 1930 under the
name Totonno. In Second World War she was requisitioned by
the Italian navy Regia Marina in June 1940. Under a
journey to Dubrovnik loaded with tractors,machine parts
and bicycles for the Italian troop in Albanias, she hit an
Italian mine and sank 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 Courtesy of Kroonvarders Last updated: March 2019 |
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