Hi Joe, Barone Ricasoli 142 g.t., 130ft x 17.1ft x 9.4ft, iron hulled steamer, engines by Blackwood & Gordon, Port Glasgow. 1865 completed for Carlo Alberti Pellas for the La Spezia - Lerici service. 1867 owned by Peirano Donovano. 1877 Fleet taken over by Florio following the loss of the mail contract. 1881 transferred to Navigazione Generale Italiana. 1887 sold to Societa Siciliana di Nav. a Vapeur, Messina renamed Milazzo 1915 scrapped. Info from Merchant Fleets vol.40 'Italia' by Duncan Haws. Hope this helps Regards Ted On 21/07/2013 09:52, Joe McMillan wrote: > Hi all,can anyone provide any information on the small iron steamship Barone Ricasoli [or Barons Ricasole] built 1865 by J.G.Lawrie,Glasgow yard number 27 probably built for C.D.Pellas > Any information on this shipo would be most welcome. > Thank you in advance, > Joe McMillan, > South Australia. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi Ted, Thank you so much for the info on Barone Ricasoli,just what i was after,you always come up with the goods. Cheers, Joe. -----Original Message----- From: Ted Finch Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 6:45 PM To: Joe McMillan ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] Barone Ricasoli or Barons Ricasole Hi Joe, Barone Ricasoli 142 g.t., 130ft x 17.1ft x 9.4ft, iron hulled steamer, engines by Blackwood & Gordon, Port Glasgow. 1865 completed for Carlo Alberti Pellas for the La Spezia - Lerici service. 1867 owned by Peirano Donovano. 1877 Fleet taken over by Florio following the loss of the mail contract. 1881 transferred to Navigazione Generale Italiana. 1887 sold to Societa Siciliana di Nav. a Vapeur, Messina renamed Milazzo 1915 scrapped. Info from Merchant Fleets vol.40 'Italia' by Duncan Haws. Hope this helps Regards Ted On 21/07/2013 09:52, Joe McMillan wrote: > Hi all,can anyone provide any information on the small iron steamship > Barone Ricasoli [or Barons Ricasole] built 1865 by J.G.Lawrie,Glasgow yard > number 27 probably built for C.D.Pellas > Any information on this shipo would be most welcome. > Thank you in advance, > Joe McMillan, > South Australia. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >