Official No. 84526: Code Letters WBFC.
Owners: 1881 Fritz Herskind, West Hartlepool; 1884 Herskind & Woods, West Hartlepool; 1893 James Knott, Newcastle-on-Tyne–renamed Tuscan Prince; 1895 Prince Line Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne; 1906 P Schiaffino, Genoa–renamed Provvidenza.
Masters: 1882-88 W Phippen; 1890-92 S Townley; 1893 Bamfield; 1899 H Evans.
Bound from Cardiff for Tunis with a cargo of coal Provvidenza was abandoned in a sinking condition 95 miles off Cape Vilano in the Bay of Biscay on 11 November 1908. The master thought that the vessel had struck a submerged object causing a leak. The Greek steamer Andriana picked up 16 survivors & landed them at Barry. Two cooks, two firemen & a seaman drowned when their boat broke up as they tried to reach the Andriana. Five lives lost.
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