|
MV ''Sebastiano Veniero'', formerly MV ''Jason'', was a cargo and passenger motor ship that was built in Italian-ruled Fiume in 1940. In 1941 she was damaged by a Royal Navy submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, killing at least 300 UK and Dominion prisoners of war, and possibly many more. She did not sink but was beached on the coast of the Peloponnese, where she was torpedoed again a week later and became a total loss. ==Building and seizure== Lloyd Triestino ordered the ship in 1939 from Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA) of Fiume. Lloyd Triestino planned to name her ''Monfalcone''. ''Monfalcone'' was built to a standard design and had a number of sister ships. She had a FIAT diesel engine. Sources disagree as to whether it was a six- or 12-cylinder unit,〔 and whether her speed was ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alfred Holt & Co the Blue Funnel Line (page 15) )〕 〔〔 or . Lloyd Triestino could not afford to pay for the ship, so CRDA sold her to Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan (NSMO), the Dutch subsidiary of the UK shipping company Blue Funnel Line.〔 NSMO followed Blue Funnel's policy of naming its ships after figures from Greek antiquity and mythology. ''Monfalcone'' was renamed ''Jason'' after the mythological character of the same name. Her name, nationality and two large Dutch flags were painted on each side of her hull to identify her as a neutral ship.〔 ''Jason'' began her sea trials on 9 May 1940, before Italy entered the Second World War. But the next day Germany invaded the Netherlands, and Italian authorities seized her and assigned her to the Italian shipping company Società Italiana di Armamento (Sidarma). She was renamed ''Sebastiano Veniero'' after a 16th-century Venetian admiral and Doge, Sebastiano Venier (1496–1578). Her NSMO crew travelled to Marseille, whence the Blue Funnel ship repatriated them to the UK.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Sebastiano Veniero (1940)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|