Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - The Lloyd's Register at Penarth Dock . . .

s. s. 'Ciampa' (or F.S. Ciampa??)
Two Ships Lost off Cape Vilano - London, April 29. 'Lloyd's agents at Corcubian, Spain, today reported the Italian steamship s.s. Ciampa and another unknown ship to have been lost off Cape Vileno, northwestern Spain. It is not yet known whether there was loss of life.' - Santa Fe New Mexican [837] [838] April 1911.


An illustration taken from a San Francisco newspaper published during September 1901 of the Italian steamship 'F. S. Ciampa' and the British steamship 'Cycle'. The 'Ciampa' was apparently 25 days coming from Talcahuano, Chile and is of 4,040 tons gross and 2,634 tons net burden. She was built in Genoa, Italy, in 1899, by N. Odero and Co. and is 340 ft. 5 in. long with a 45 ft. beam and is 19 ft. 8 in. deep. 'Captain Cafaiero, who commands her, has scores of friends in this port, as he traded here for years in the ship 'Francesco Ciampa.' - San Francisco Call [839] 22nd September 1901.

1911 - Two Steamships Reported Wreck - By Associated Press - London, April 29 - Lloyd's agent at Corcubia, Spain, today reported that two steamships have been lost off Cape Vilano, a promontory at the northwestern extremity of the Spanish peninsular. One of them is the Italian ship Ciampa, which was bound from Penarth, Wales, for a general carge of coal. Identity of the other ship is not known. Dispatches from Madrid last night told briefly of the wrecking of a "Big English Steamship" "at Coreubian." Is not known whether any life is lost. - Bismark Daily Tribune [1249] [1240] 29th April 1911.