HERMIONE / MANTOVA

HERMIONE WAS A IRON SHIP BUILT IN 1876 BY ALEX HALL IN ABERDEEN AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,176 TONS SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR SHAW SAVILLE & C0

SHE  BECAME  PART OF SHAW SAVILL & ALBION WHEN THE TWO COMPANIES MERGED IN 1882.

IN 1896 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED  MANTOVA. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1913.

 THERE IS A REPORT THAT SHE STAYED WITH SHAW SAVILL UNTIL 1913 WHICH I THINK IS INCORRECT


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