Category:Modica (ship, 1920)

• Built as MODICA in 1920
• Built by Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted, Fredrikstad (#249) for A/S Ivarans Rederi (Ivar An. Christensen), Kristiania. Launched 15 June, completed in October
• Length 371.1 ft, Breadth 52.1 ft
• 7700 tdw, 4440 brt, 3143 nrt
• Callsign MVRK, official number 5605068
• New engines in 1926, renamed MODEMI
• 1930 sold to Nivose Soc. di Nav. (A. Scinicariello), Naples, Italy. Renamed LUIGI
• 1940 sold to Angelo Scinicariello, Naples
• 24 November 1942 torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft east of Sardinia (40.02N-11.20E)

Sources:

• https://skipshistorie.net/Oslo/OSL406Ivaran/Tekst/OSL40619200200000%20MODICA.htm
• http://www.skipet.no/skipsbygging/stalskipsverft/fredriksstad-mek-verksted-fredrikstad
• http://www.lardex.net/ivaran/skipsliste.htm
• Miramar Ship Index