CUFIC / AMERICAN / ANTARTICO / MARIA GULIA

BUILT IN 1895 BY HARLLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST  AS THE 'AMERICAN' FOR THE W.INDIA & PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. IN 1900 SHE CAME UNDER LEYLAND CONTROL (  W.INDIA & PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY, BEING TAKEN OVER BY LEYLAND'S ) IN 1901 SHE WAS  ( AND THE REST OF THE FLEET )  TAKEN OVER BY PIERRE PONT MORGAN, WHO THE FOLLOWING YEAR WENT ON TO FORM THE IMMC,  AND IN 1904 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE AND RE-NAMED 'CUFTIC'. IN 1924 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'ANTARTICO', AND THEN LATER 'MARIA GULIA', FOR ANOTHER ITALIAN COMPANY ( BOZZO & MORTOLA ) IN 1932 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN GENOA, ITALY.