SS Catania was an Italian passenger ship that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine off Belvedere Calabro in the Mediterranean Sea on 16 March 1917 with the loss of 84 lives, while she was travelling from Bombay, India to Naples, Italy.
Construction Catania was built at the Cantieri Nav. Bacini e Stab. Mec. Siciliani shipyard in Palermo, Italy in 1906, and completed later that year. The ship was long, had a beam of and a depth of . She was assessed at and had one 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine producing 288 nhp, driving a single screw propeller. The ship could reach a maximum speed of and possessed two masts and one funnel. As built, she had the capacity to carry 17 passengers and 100 crew.
Sinking Catania was travelling from Bombay, India to Naples, Italy under the command of Captain Pietro De Amezaga while carrying 17 Indian and Portuguese passengers alongside 100 crew members, when she was hit by a torpedo from off Belvedere Calabro in the Mediterranean Sea on 16 March 1917. Catania sank with the loss of 84 crew members including Captain De Amezaga, while the remaining passengers and crew survived.
Wreck The wreck of Catania lies at () in of water. The wreck was discovered in 2018 following a search from the Italian government to locate ships that were deliberately sunk by the Italian mafia containing toxic and nuclear waste. The current condition of the wreck is unknown.
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